Tear+off
81To tell off — Off Off ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off …
82tear — [ter] n. a wild drinking bout. (See also rip.) □ Sally is off on a tear again. □ What a tear it was at Paul’s on Saturday night! …
83tear a strip off somebody — verb To scold vigorously. The boss tore a strip off him for arriving late to the meeting. Syn: excoriate, give somebody a dressing down, haul somebody over the coals, give somebody a telling off, read somebody the riot act, tell somebody off …
84tear — 1. Weeping. Waimaka; pūkai (rare). See Hilo (Eng. Haw.). Tear duct, lua uhane. In poetry, rain may signify tears. Tears of heaven, nā waimaka o ka lani (of showers at a funeral: gods wept). 2. Sunder. Hae, nahae, haehae. Also:… …
85tear — v. Move rapidly. Usu. tear about, around, in, off, etc …
86tear away — cut off; be cut off …
87tear a strip off — scold, lecture, criticize, give you hell [B] Kasan s father tore a strip off him for missing a day of school …
88ˌtear sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to remove your clothes quickly and carelessly The boys tore off their clothes and jumped into the water.[/ex] …
89tear into something — in. to begin eating food with gusto. □ The family tore into the mountain of food like they hadn’t eaten since breakfast which was true, in fact. □ Jimmy tore into the turkey leg and cleaned it off in no time …
90dash off — Synonyms and related words: ad lib, author, bat out, botch, bundle, bungle, bustle, cartoon, chalk, charcoal, chase, coauthor, collaborate, color, compose, cook up, copy, crayon, crosshatch, crowd, dash, dash on, daub, delineate, depict, design,… …