tear-off
[ tair-awf, -of ]
/ ˈtɛərˌɔf, -ˌɒf /
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adjective
designed to be easily removed by tearing, usually along a perforated line: a sales letter with a tear-off order blank.
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First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.
First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.
First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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Origin of tear-off
First recorded in 1885–90; adj., noun use of verb phrase tear off
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British Dictionary definitions for tear-off
tear off
/ (tɛə) /
verb
(tr) to separate by tearing
(intr, adverb) to rush away; hurry
(tr, adverb) to produce in a hurry; do quickly and carelesslyto tear off a letter
tear someone off a strip British informal to reprimand or rebuke someone forcibly
adjective tear-off
(of paper, etc) produced in a roll or block and marked with perforations so that one section at a time can be torn off
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Idioms and Phrases with tear-off
tear off
Produce hurriedly and casually, as in He tore off a poem a day for an entire month.
Leave in a hurry, as in She tore off to the store because it was about to close. [c. 1900]
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