tear into

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛə(ɹ) ˈɪntu/

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Verb

tear into (third-person singular simple present tears into, present participle tearing into, simple past tore into, past participle torn into)

1. To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.
   • 2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     They tore into a stunned City and there was only a minute on the clock when Samir Nasri slipped Jack Wilshere into the area, the 19-year-old's left-foot pass to the far post agonisingly evading a lunging Van Persie.

Synonyms

• lace into, lay into, light into, rip into
• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Anagrams

• tentoria