tear around

Idioms  

1. Move about in excited or angry haste, as in He tore around the house, looking for the dog. [Second half of 1700s]

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Example Sentences

If we build enough of it, and keep building it, those new buildings will go out of fashion, take on wear and tear around the edges, and become the affordable housing stock of tomorrow, without anyone lifting a finger.

From Slate

The freestyle sprint is a furious, three-minute tear around a 1.5-kilometer loop on a course built into the side of a hill that includes a lung-busting climb, a dicey descent and a final burst down the flat straightaway to the finish.

From New York Times

Street racers block roads and even interstates to keep police away while they tear around and perform stunts, often captured on videos that go viral.

From Seattle Times

As the runners tear around the track, the sound from the stand goes with them, a kind of low, windy sound at first—“oouuuuuuu”—that gets louder and louder like a hurricane coming—“oouuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU”—until the runners bust off the last turn and head for the tape.

From Literature

And in another he said, “Pain is a subjective thing, like when you’re young and you tear around influences, and you cut yourself, and you don’t really know that you’re cut till you look down and see the blood.”

From The New Yorker