tear up (English, verb)
expansion: tear up (third-person singular simple present tears up, present participle tearing up, simple past tore up, past participle torn up)
Senses:
glosses: To tear into pieces.
tags: transitive
glosses: To cancel or annul, or to cause the cancellation or annulment of (e.g. an agreement or contract).
tags: figuratively
transitive
glosses: To damage.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To wrench out of the ground.
tags: transitive
glosses: To have intense penetrative sex with.
tags: slang
transitive
vulgar
glosses: To brutally assault.
tags: slang
transitive
Forms:
form: tears up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tearing up
tags: participle
present
form: tore up
tags: past
form: torn up
tags: participle
past