tear someone a new one
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tear someone a new one
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Euphemism, for tear someone a new asshole.
verb tears someone a new one · tearing someone a new one · tore someone a new one · torn someone a new one
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To express great anger toward (a person) for some perceived offence or shortcoming; to castigate.
Brian, Katie's step-father, had been in the office for over an hour, and Estella, who taught in the class below, had been hard pressed to stop her students from muttering and giggling at the low boom and roar of Mr Morris's voice as he, in the parlance of the day, 'Tore Ben a new one'.
Similar: haul someone over the coals, rip someone a new one, rip someone a new asshole, tear someone a new asshole
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