tear into
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Ms Makan said that she is not trying to encourage people to "tear into" restaurants.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025
Under certain flow conditions, cavitation can pit and tear into metal, damaging the infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Kind servers make sure you put on the plastic gloves provided to keep the messiness level of using your hands to tear into all the goodness a manageable one.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Only when he was escorted off did she tear into him for trying to impede her freedom of expression, saying, “Thank you for being here.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Then he removed his jerkin, and took off his shirt, which he proceeded to tear into strips which he used to bind the sticks, as firmly as he could, about her injured leg.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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