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tears a cat

tears a cat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tear a cat.

Meaning of tear a cat

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To overact; to violently rant and rave on stage.
    • Yet my chief humour is for a tyrant. I could play / Ercles rarely, or a part to tear a cat in, to make all split.c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 1, scene 2

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What is tears a cat the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tears a cat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tear a cat.

Words near tears a cat in the dictionary

  1. tearouts
  2. tearpit
  3. tearpits
  4. tearproof
  5. tears
  6. tears a cat
  7. tears along
  8. tears apart
  9. tears ass
  10. tears at
  11. tears away

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