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tore away

tore away is the simple past 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 tore away

What is tore away the simple past of?
Tore away is the simple past of tear away.

Words near tore away in the dictionary

  1. tore a cat
  2. tore along
  3. tore apart
  4. tore ass
  5. tore at
  6. tore away
  7. tore down
  8. tore into
  9. tore it up
  10. tore off
  11. tore one's hair

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