Tear+off

  • 1tear off — (something) to quickly remove something. She tore off her apron and ran outside to see what had happened …

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  • 2tear off — index denude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3tear-off — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from the phrase tear off : part of a piece of paper intended to be removed by tearing usually along a marked line (as a row of dashes) * * * /tair awf , of /, adj. designed to be easily removed by tearing, usually… …

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  • 4tear off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tear off : present tense I/you/we/they tear off he/she/it tears off present participle tearing off past tense tore off past participle torn off 1) to remove your clothes quickly and carelessly The boys tore… …

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  • 5tear-off — /tair awf , of /, adj. designed to be easily removed by tearing, usually along a perforated line: a sales letter with a tear off order blank. [1885 90; adj., n. use of v. phrase tear off] * * * …

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  • 6tear off — in. to break away; to run away. □ I hate to tear off but I’m late. □ Don’t tear off without having some of my pie …

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  • 7tear off — PHRASAL VERB If you tear off your clothes, you take them off in a rough and violent way. [V n P] Totally exhausted, he tore his clothes off and fell into bed... [V P n (not pron)] Fuentes tore off his hat and flung it to the ground …

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  • 8tear off — verb /teɪɹ ɒf,teɪɹ ɑf/ a) To rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly. Do not tear off the price tag if you want to return that shirt. b) To leave or depart rapidly. The fugitive tore off down the alley. Syn …

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  • 9tear off — phr verb Tear off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑clothes, ↑flesh, ↑mask, ↑wrapper …

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  • 10tear off something — tear off (something) to quickly remove something. She tore off her apron and ran outside to see what had happened …

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