tear away

tear a·way

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [teer uh-wey]
- /tɪər əˈweɪ/
- /teə(r) əˈweɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [teer uh-wey]
- /tɪər əˈweɪ/

Definitions of tear away words

adjective tear away designed to be easily separated or opened by tearing: a box with a tearaway seal. 1
noun tear away British. a wild, reckless person. 1
intransitivephrasal verbs tear away run off, leave hurriedly 1
transitivephrasal verb tear away remove, absent: oneself 1
phrasal verb tear away If you tear someone away from a place or activity, you force them to leave the place or stop doing the activity, even though they want to remain there or carry on. 0
verb tear away to persuade (oneself or someone else) to leave 0

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Origin of tear away

First appearance:

before 1825

One of the 37% newest English words

First recorded in 1825-35; adj., noun use of verb phrase tear away

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Parts of speech for Tear away

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tear away

tear away popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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