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tears into

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

Meaning of tear into

Verb

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

  1. To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.
    • They tore into a stunned City and there was only a minute on the clock when Samir Nasri slipped Jack Wilshere into the area, the 19-year-old's left-foot pass to the far post agonisingly evading a lunging Van Persie.2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC

Questions about tears into

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

Words near tears into in the dictionary

  1. tears ass
  2. tears at
  3. tears away
  4. tears before bedtime
  5. tears down
  6. tears into
  7. tears it up
  8. Tears of St. Lawrence
  9. tears of wine
  10. tears off
  11. tears one's hair

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