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tear somebody apart shreds bits — tear sb/sth aˈpart, to ˈshreds, to ˈbits, etc. idiom to destroy or defeat sb/sth completely or criticize them or it severely • We tore the other team apart in the second half. • The critics tore his last movie to shreds. Main entry: ↑tearidiom … Useful english dictionary
tear somebody apart to bits — tear sb/sth aˈpart, to ˈshreds, to ˈbits, etc. idiom to destroy or defeat sb/sth completely or criticize them or it severely • We tore the other team apart in the second half. • The critics tore his last movie to shreds. Main entry: ↑tearidiom … Useful english dictionary
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
tear somebody to shreds bits — tear sb/sth aˈpart, to ˈshreds, to ˈbits, etc. idiom to destroy or defeat sb/sth completely or criticize them or it severely • We tore the other team apart in the second half. • The critics tore his last movie to shreds. Main entry: ↑tearidiom … Useful english dictionary
tear somebody to to bits — tear sb/sth aˈpart, to ˈshreds, to ˈbits, etc. idiom to destroy or defeat sb/sth completely or criticize them or it severely • We tore the other team apart in the second half. • The critics tore his last movie to shreds. Main entry: ↑tearidiom … Useful 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 apart — verb express a totally negative opinion of (Freq. 1) The critics panned the performance • Syn: ↑pan, ↑trash • Hypernyms: ↑disparage, ↑belittle, ↑pick at … Useful english dictionary
tear down — verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground (Freq. 5) The building was levelled • Syn: ↑level, ↑raze, ↑rase, ↑dismantle, ↑take down, ↑pull down • An … Useful english dictionary
tear up — verb tear into shreds • Syn: ↑shred, ↑rip up • Derivationally related forms: ↑shredder (for: ↑shred), ↑shred (for: ↑shred) … Useful english dictionary
Black (play) — Black is a full length play by Joyce Carol Oates first published in Twelve Plays (1991) and reprinted in The Perfectionist and Other Plays (1995). Together with I Stand Before You Naked , Tone Clusters , Ontological Proof of My Existence and Bad… … Wikipedia
