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tearing away

tearing away is the present participle and gerund of tear away.

Meaning of tear away

Verb

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

  1. (often, reflexive, transitive) To remove (oneself or another person), overcoming that person's reluctance to be so removed.
    • I couldn't tear myself away from the movie after I had begun watching it.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, away.

Questions about tearing away

What is tearing away the present participle and gerund of?
Tearing away is the present participle and gerund of tear away.

Words near tearing away in the dictionary

  1. tearing a cat
  2. tearing along
  3. tearing apart
  4. tearing ass
  5. tearing at
  6. tearing away
  7. tearing down
  8. tearing into
  9. tearing it up
  10. tearing off
  11. tearing one's hair

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