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tearing up the dance floor

tearing up the dance floor is the present participle and gerund of tear up the dance floor.

Meaning of tear up the dance floor

Verb

tear up the dance floor (third-person singular simple present tears up the dance floor, present participle tearing up the dance floor, simple past tore up the dance floor, past participle torn up the dance floor)

  1. (idiomatic) To engage vigorously in dancing.

Questions about tearing up the dance floor

What is tearing up the dance floor the present participle and gerund of?
Tearing up the dance floor is the present participle and gerund of tear up the dance floor.

Words near tearing up the dance floor in the dictionary

  1. tearing someone a new one
  2. tearing someone off a strip
  3. tearing strips off someone
  4. tearing to pieces
  5. tearing up
  6. tearing up the dance floor
  7. tearing up the pea patch
  8. tearingly
  9. tearings
  10. tearjerker
  11. tearjerkers

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