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tearing up the pea patch

tearing up the pea patch is the present participle and gerund of tear up the pea patch.

Meaning of tear up the pea patch

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To put on a notable performance, especially in sports; to go on a rampage.
    • Television tore up the entire pea patch. Radio was so big, so dominant, so powerful in 1939 that television seemed mostly talk and conjecture.1970, Red Barber, The broadcasters, page 52

Questions about tearing up the pea patch

What is tearing up the pea patch the present participle and gerund of?
Tearing up the pea patch is the present participle and gerund of tear up the pea patch.

Words near tearing up the pea patch in the dictionary

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

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