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tear it
Idioms and Phrases
Ruin something, spoil one's chances, as in She knew she'd torn it when she lost the address . It is often put as that tears it , as in He's a whole week late—well, that tears it for the September issue . [ Colloquial ; early 1900s]Example Sentences
Republicans, meanwhile just want to tear it all apart.
Now, with a trial looming in March, Polizzi is preparing to tear it down rather than spend thousands more defending it in court.
“The city attorney said they’re not dropping the criminal case. It’s either get all these permits or tear it down completely.â€
Acquire a property, tear it down, rebuild and win.
Unlike a rock, human tissue has a small amount of tension, so a PBH would not tear it apart.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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