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tear-up

tear-up noun: a fight; a scrap.

Noun

tear-up (plural tear-ups)

  1. (UK, slang) A fight; a scrap.
    • We'd give him a bit of verbal, out would come the bouncers, chucking their weight about, and it would all end in a right tear-up.2013, Lenny McLean, The Guv'nor

Forms of tear-up

pluraltear-ups

Questions about tear-up

What does tear-up mean?
Tear-up means a fight; a scrap.
What part of speech is tear-up?
Tear-up is a noun.
What is the plural of tear-up?
The plural of tear-up is tear-ups.

Words near tear-up in the dictionary

  1. tear-offs
  2. tear-pit
  3. tear-stained
  4. tear-throat
  5. tear-throats
  6. tear-up
  7. tear-ups
  8. tearable
  9. tearably
  10. tearabout
  11. tearabouts

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