tear away
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tear away
verb tears away · tearing away · tore away · torn away
- To remove (oneself or another person), overcoming that person's reluctance to be so removed. I couldn't tear myself away from the movie after I had begun watching it.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, away.
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verb (reflexive) to remove oneself reluctantly
| Русский | отрыва́ться otryvátʹsja, оторва́ться otorvátʹsja |
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Talk about this word "tear away." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tear%20away. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. tear away. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tear%20away "tear away." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tear%20away.
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@misc{tear_away_2026,
title = {tear away},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tear%20away},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
