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tease apart

tease apart verb: to carefully separate two interlaced or interlocking items; to figuratively separate two opposing or overlapping concepts.

Verb

tease apart (third-person singular simple present teases apart, present participle teasing apart, simple past and past participle teased apart)

  1. (transitive) To carefully separate two interlaced or interlocking items; to figuratively separate two opposing or overlapping concepts.

Forms of tease apart

third-person singular presentteases apart
present participleteasing apart
past participleteased apart
pastteased apart

Questions about tease apart

What does tease apart mean?
Tease apart means to carefully separate two interlaced or interlocking items; to figuratively separate two opposing or overlapping concepts.
What part of speech is tease apart?
Tease apart is a verb.
What is the past tense of tease apart?
The past tense of tease apart is teased apart.

Words near tease apart in the dictionary

  1. teasably
  2. Teasdale
  3. Teasdales
  4. tease
  5. tease and blues
  6. tease apart
  7. tease out
  8. teaseable
  9. teased
  10. teased apart
  11. teased out

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