torn off
torn off is the past participle of tear off.
Meaning of tear off
Verb
tear off (third-person singular simple present tears off, present participle tearing off, simple past tore off, past participle torn off)
- To rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly.
- Do not tear off the price tag if you want to return that shirt.
- Synonyms:
- detach
- To become detached by tearing or ripping.
- To leave or depart rapidly.
- The fugitive tore off down the alley.
- Synonyms:
- flee
- To remove all of a roof (shingles, etc.) down to the wood deck.
Questions about torn off
- What is torn off the past participle of?
- Torn off is the past participle of tear off.
Words near torn off in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: torn off (page history and authors); tear off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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