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tear-up noun- a gang fight; a brawl US, 1964
From conventional “tear-up” (a commotion). - A story which earned the West Ham firm further extensive TV and newspaper coverage was when they had a famous tear-up with Manchester United on a cross-channel ferry. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 98, 1999
- [T]his is different from the tear-ups with other kids. — Jimmy Stockin, On The Cobbles, p. 57, 2000
- [T]here was a whole summer of big black v white tear-ups going on. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 39, 2001
- in jazz use, a period of wild, inspired music-making US, 1958
- any valueless letter addressed to Scotland Yard UK
Officially filed in the Metropolitan Police’s General Registry as GM [General Matters]51. - — The Official Encyclopaedia of New Scotland Yard, 1999
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