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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]

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Example Sentences

No threats, not even of death, shall tear it-136- from my lips.

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