- tear something apart
- destroy something, especially good relations between people.→ tear
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tear something apart
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tear something apart shreds bits — tear sb/sth aˈpart, to ˈshreds, to ˈbits, etc. idiom to destroy or defeat sb/sth completely or criticize them or it severely • We tore the other team apart in the second half. • The critics tore his last movie to shreds. Main entry: ↑tearidiom … Useful english dictionary
tear something apart to bits — tear sb/sth aˈpart, to ˈshreds, to ˈbits, etc. idiom to destroy or defeat sb/sth completely or criticize them or it severely • We tore the other team apart in the second half. • The critics tore his last movie to shreds. Main entry: ↑tearidiom … Useful english dictionary
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tear something to shreds bits — tear sb/sth aˈpart, to ˈshreds, to ˈbits, etc. idiom to destroy or defeat sb/sth completely or criticize them or it severely • We tore the other team apart in the second half. • The critics tore his last movie to shreds. Main entry: ↑tearidiom … Useful english dictionary
tear something to to bits — tear sb/sth aˈpart, to ˈshreds, to ˈbits, etc. idiom to destroy or defeat sb/sth completely or criticize them or it severely • We tore the other team apart in the second half. • The critics tore his last movie to shreds. Main entry: ↑tearidiom … Useful english dictionary
tear someone/something apart — 1) destroy something, esp. good relations between people a bloody civil war had torn the country apart 2) upset someone greatly stop crying it s tearing me apart 3) search a place thoroughly I ll help you find it; I ll tear your house apart if I… … Useful english dictionary
tear someone or something apart — tv. to riticize someone or something severely. □ I was late, and the boss tore me apart. □ I thought my paper was good, but the prof tore it apart … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
take something apart — 1 we took the machine apart: DISMANTLE, pull to pieces, pull apart, disassemble, break up; tear down, demolish, destroy, wreck. 2 ( … Useful english dictionary
tear apart — verb express a totally negative opinion of (Freq. 1) The critics panned the performance • Syn: ↑pan, ↑trash • Hypernyms: ↑disparage, ↑belittle, ↑pick at … Useful english dictionary
apart — a|part [ ə part ] function word *** Apart can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: We had to take the engine apart. after the verb to be : I m never happy when we re apart. as an adjective (only after a noun): Madagascar is a world apart … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
