tear at someone's heart
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tear someone's heart out — tear someone’s heart out/tear at someone’s heart/literary phrase to make someone feel very sad or upset Thesaurus: to make someone feel sad or upsetsynonym Main entry: tear … Useful english dictionary
tear — tear1 [ ter ] (past tense tore [ tɔr ] ; past participle torn [ tɔrn ] ) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to pull something so that it separates into pieces or gets a hole in it, or to become damaged in this way: RIP: It s made of very… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tear — I UK [teə(r)] / US [ter] verb Word forms tear : present tense I/you/we/they tear he/she/it tears present participle tearing past tense tore UK [tɔː(r)] / US [tɔr] past participle torn UK [tɔː(r)n] / US [tɔrn] ** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to … English dictionary
tear — tear1 W3S3 [tıə US tır] n 1.) [C usually plural] a drop of salty liquid that comes out of your eye when you are crying ▪ The children were all in tears . ▪ She came home in floods of tears . ▪ I could see that Sam was close to tears . ▪ Bridget… … Dictionary of contemporary English
tear at — phrasal : lacerate the sight of her grief tore at his heart * * * ˈtear at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tear at he/she/it tears at … Useful english dictionary
tear — 1 noun 1 (C) a drop of salty liquid that flows from your eye when you are crying: Tears just rolled down his face. | tear stained cheeks | (be) in tears (=crying): My wife actually broke down in tears telling me. | burst into tears (=suddenly… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tear — tear1 /tear/, n. 1. a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. 2. this fluid … Universalium
tear — I [[t]tɪər[/t]] n. 1) phl a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid 2) phl a drop of this fluid appearing in or flowing from the eye as the result of emotion, esp … From formal English to slang
Tear Me Apart — Infobox Album | Name = Tear Me Apart Type = Album Artist = Tanya Tucker Released = 1979 Recorded = Genre = Country Length = Label = MCA Records Producer = Mike Chapman Reviews = Last album = TNT (1978) This album = Tear Me Apart (1979) Next album … Wikipedia
Stronger with Each Tear — Studio album by Mary J. Blige Released … Wikipedia
