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tears away

tears away is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tears away

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

Words near tears away in the dictionary

  1. tears a cat
  2. tears along
  3. tears apart
  4. tears ass
  5. tears at
  6. tears away
  7. tears before bedtime
  8. tears down
  9. tears into
  10. tears it up
  11. Tears of St. Lawrence

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