tear ass
US/tɛɚ ˈæs/
tear ass verb: to move extremely quickly; to haul ass.
Verb
tear ass (third-person singular simple present tears ass, present participle tearing ass, simple past tore ass, past participle torn ass)
- To move extremely quickly; to haul ass.
- Someone's jumped bail and she thinks he might have torn ass to east Kentucky. Raylan agrees to track him down for a decent chunk of pocket money.2013 January 9, Patrick Cooper, “JUSTIFIED Episode Recap: "Hole in the Wall"”, in Collider, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2020
- I didn't get to drive the Air, but I did get to pleasure of being Rawlinson's passenger as he tore ass down the Las Vegas strip.2017 January 9, Andrew J. Hawkins, “Riding with Lucid Motors, the 1,000-horsepower electric car built to beat Tesla”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 28 May 2023
- Synonyms:
- tear-ass, fly, scramble, get a move on, hasten, haul, hurtle, bustle, haul ass, haul one's ashes
Synonyms of tear ass
Forms of tear ass
| third-person singular present | tears ass |
|---|---|
| present participle | tearing ass |
| past | tore ass |
| past participle | torn ass |
Questions about tear ass
- What does tear ass mean?
- Tear ass means to move extremely quickly; to haul ass.
- What part of speech is tear ass?
- Tear ass is a verb.
- How do you pronounce tear ass?
- Tear ass is pronounced /tɛɚ ˈæs/ (US).
- What is the past tense of tear ass?
- The past tense of tear ass is tore ass.
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