tear out
To remove by tearingTo remove by tearing.
» Tom tore out of the room.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo remove by tearing.
We tore out the old carpeting to reveal the wood floor underneath.
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
Examples
39 sentencesTom tore out of the room.
I felt like tearing my hair out.
deIch hätte mir die Haare raufen können. — Waldelfe
I tore the picture out of the album.
ruЯ выдрал фотографию из альбома. — odexed
Tom tore a page out of his notebook.
ruТом вырвал страницу из своей тетради. — odexed
Someone has torn two pages out of this book.
deJemand hat zwei Seiten aus diesem Buch gerissen. — raggione
Translations
1 languagesForms
tears out, tearing out, tore out, torn outPhrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- tear offвідірвати, відірватисяTo rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly.
- tear outприбрати, видалитиTo remove by tearing.
- tear awayвідірватися, відірватиTo remove (oneself or another person), overcoming that person's reluctance to be so removed.
- tear upTo tear into pieces.
- tear downTo demolish.
- tear intoTo subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.
- tear alongTo run quickly along somewhere.
- tear apartUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart.
Synonyms
7 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.