tear someone a new one (English, verb)
expansion: tear someone a new one (third-person singular simple present tears someone a new one, present participle tearing someone a new one, simple past tore someone a new one, past participle torn someone a new one)
Senses:
glosses: To express great anger toward (a person) for some perceived offence or shortcoming; to castigate.
tags: euphemistic
Forms:
form: tears someone a new one
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tearing someone a new one
tags: participle
present
form: tore someone a new one
tags: past
form: torn someone a new one
tags: participle
past