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tear to shreds

tear to shreds verb: synonym of tear to pieces.

Verb

tear to shreds (third-person singular simple present tears to shreds, present participle tearing to shreds, simple past tore to shreds, past participle torn to shreds)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of tear to pieces.
    • My opportunity to see what one of these engines could do came when we left Ballymoney on the train from Derry eight minutes late: No. 53 and her crew tore the schedule to shreds and reached Belfast six minutes early, having gained time on every section.1959 June, R. A. Young, “A Railway Holiday in Ireland—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 420
    Synonyms:
    tear to pieces

Synonyms of tear to shreds

Forms of tear to shreds

third-person singular presenttears to shreds
present participletearing to shreds
pasttore to shreds
past participletorn to shreds

Questions about tear to shreds

What does tear to shreds mean?
Tear to shreds means synonym of tear to pieces.
What part of speech is tear to shreds?
Tear to shreds is a verb.
What is the past tense of tear to shreds?
The past tense of tear to shreds is tore to shreds.

Words near tear to shreds in the dictionary

  1. tear strips
  2. tear strips off someone
  3. tear tape
  4. tear tapes
  5. tear to pieces
  6. tear to shreds
  7. tear up
  8. tear up the dance floor
  9. tear up the pea patch
  10. tear-ass
  11. tear-assed

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