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pull one's hair out

pull one's hair out is the alternative form of tear one's hair out.

Meaning of tear one's hair out

Verb

tear one's hair out (third-person singular simple present tears one's hair out, present participle tearing one's hair out, simple past tore one's hair out, past participle torn one's hair out)

  1. (idiomatic) To react with extreme agitation.
    • My friend's job at a call center is so stressful he could tear his hair out.

Forms of pull one's hair out

third-person singular presentpulls one's hair out
present participlepulling one's hair out
past participlepulled one's hair out
pastpulled one's hair out

Questions about pull one's hair out

What is pull one's hair out the alternative form of?
Pull one's hair out is the alternative form of tear one's hair out.

Words near pull one's hair out in the dictionary

  1. pull on
  2. pull one over
  3. pull one's finger out
  4. pull one's finger out of one's arse
  5. pull one's forelock
  6. pull one's hair out
  7. pull one's head in
  8. pull one's horns in
  9. pull one's oar
  10. pull one's own weight
  11. pull one's pud

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