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tore one's hair out

tore one's hair out is the simple past of tear one's hair out.

Meaning of tear one's hair out

Verb

tear one's hair out (third-person singular simple present tears one's hair out, present participle tearing one's hair out, simple past tore one's hair out, past participle torn one's hair out)

  1. (idiomatic) To react with extreme agitation.
    • My friend's job at a call center is so stressful he could tear his hair out.

Questions about tore one's hair out

What is tore one's hair out the simple past of?
Tore one's hair out is the simple past of tear one's hair out.

Words near tore one's hair out in the dictionary

  1. tore down
  2. tore into
  3. tore it up
  4. tore off
  5. tore one's hair
  6. tore one's hair out
  7. tore out
  8. tore someone a new asshole
  9. tore someone a new one
  10. tore someone off a strip
  11. tore strips off someone

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