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tear
verb- to leave, especially in a hurry US
- He was looking at his wrist watch. “I have to tear,” he said, and stood up. — J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye, p. 148, 1951
- Sloanes don’t like to say “go”–it doesn’t descirbe the way they... well, whizz. The will say rush, toddle, beetle, tear, almost anything in preference. — Ann Barr and Peter York, The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook, p. 159, 1982
- to surf aggressively and with skill US
- — Michael V. Anderson, The Bad, Rad, Not to Forget Way Cool Beach and Surf Discriptionary, p. 20, 1988
▶ tear a passion to tatters
in a dramatic performance, to over-act US- — Sherman Louis Sergel, The Language of Show Biz, p. 48, 1973
▶ tear a strip off; tear off a strip
to reprimand someone UK, 1941- Did [US President George W] Bush tear a strip off [Israel’s Prime Minister, Ariel] Sharon for trying to start another war in the region? Hardly. — The Guardian, 22 October 2003
▶ tear it
to frustrate or thwart someone’s intentions, usually in the phrase “that’s torn it” UK, 1909- “Oh crikey, that’s torn it,” she thought, but looked up to find all eyes fixed on a line of grotesques trooping into view. — The Guardian, 31 October 2003
▶ tear off a chunk
to have sex US- Shit, before my Flossie got sick, I useed to tear off a chunk every night. — Joseph Wambaugh, The Blue Knight, p. 98, 1973
▶ tear off a tab; tear off a scab
to open a can of beer NEW ZEALAND- — Louis S. Leland, A Personal Kiwi-Yankee Dictionary, p. 100, 1984
▶ tear off; tear off a piece
to have sex US- If old Virgil felt like tearing off a piece, why, that wasn’t nobody’s business but old Virgil’s, was it? — Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, p. 208, 1964
- [W]e quickly tear off several goodies, then, I go back to work. — Neal Cassady, The First Third, p. 153, 1971
▶ tear someone a new asshole
to thrash someone; to abuse someone verbally US- “Fierce enough,” he proclaimed, “to tear a new asshole in whatever nigger said that!” — Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion, p. 541, 1964
- “You want me to tear you a new asshole?” — Alvah Bessie, Inquisition in Eden, p. 114, 1965
- — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, p. 21, 1968
▶ tear the arse out of
to destroy or spoil something UK- Let’s not tear the arse out of a good thing, eh Roy. — J.J. Connolly, Know Your Enemy, p. 143, 1999
▶ tear the roof off
to create or intensify mass excitement through the agency of loud music UK
A refinement of “raise the roof” (to make a great noise).- Coxy [DJ Carl Cox] tore the roof off[.] — The Face, p. 164, June 2001
▶ tear them apart; tear them up
to delight an audience UK- A number ... that simply “tore ‘em up”. — M. Lincoln, Oh! Definitely, 1933
- The little showman’s highest praise [...] was that it “tore them apart”. — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 29, 1953
▶ tear your pants
to commit a social gaffe US- — Marcus Hanna Boulware, Jive and Slang of Students in Negro Colleges, 1947
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