teared up definition
â phrasal verb with tear uk /tÉªÉr/ us /tÉªr/ verb [I]. âº mainly US to get âtears in âyour âeyes, so that you âalmost âstart to âcry, because you are âexperiencing âstrong âemotion: She teared up as the âaward was âpresented to her. (Definition of tear up from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press). Browse. 1  tear sth apart.