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tear into

/ (tɛə) /
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verb
(intr, preposition) informal to attack vigorously and damagingly
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Words nearby tear into

teardrop, tear duct, tearful, tear gas, tearing, tear into, tear it, tearjerker, tearless, tear-off, tear one's hair
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Words related to tear into

begin, inaugurate, initiate, launch, take up, berate, castigate, chastise, condemn, lambaste, lash, rebuke, reproach, revile, scold, upbraid, vilify, assail, damn, decry

Other Idioms and Phrases with tear into

tear into

see rip into.

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