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tore up the pea patch

tore up the pea patch is the simple past of tear up the pea patch.

Meaning of tear up the pea patch

Verb

tear up the pea patch (third-person singular simple present tears up the pea patch, present participle tearing up the pea patch, simple past tore up the pea patch, past participle torn up the pea patch)

  1. (idiomatic) To put on a notable performance, especially in sports; to go on a rampage.
    • Television tore up the entire pea patch. Radio was so big, so dominant, so powerful in 1939 that television seemed mostly talk and conjecture.1970, Red Barber, The broadcasters, page 52

Questions about tore up the pea patch

What is tore up the pea patch the simple past of?
Tore up the pea patch is the simple past of tear up the pea patch.

Words near tore up the pea patch in the dictionary

  1. tore strips off someone
  2. tore to pieces
  3. tore to shreds
  4. tore up
  5. tore up the dance floor
  6. tore up the pea patch
  7. toreador
  8. toreador pants
  9. toreadores
  10. toreadors
  11. Toreatae

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