tear across

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tear across something

to move rapidly across some area. The boys tore across the lawn to the swimming pool. As the plane tore across the sky it made a horrendous roar.

See also: across, tear

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The pounds 9,000 buggy can tear across rough terrain at more than 40 mph to catch up with scramblers and quad bikes making life a misery for dog walkers and families. Buggy is on bikers' tail; CRIME: New weapon in bid to keep parks safe by Birmingham Mail (England) A slightly weakened Gustav -- still a dangerous Category 3 storm with winds near 125 miles (205 kilometers) per hour -- battered Cuba Sunday after claiming at least 81 lives in its tear across the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. Gulf Coast braces, flees as deadly Gustav takes aim at US by AFP / AFP Global Edition A slightly weakened Gustav -- still a dangerous Category 3 storm with winds near 125 miles (205 kilometers) per hour -- battered Cuba Sunday after claiming at least 81 lives in its tear across the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. Gulf Coast braces, flees as deadly Gustav takes aim at US by AFP / AFP American Edition			tat tater tattle taunt taunt about taunt into taunt with tax tax with tax-and-spend tea tea and sympathy teach teach a lesson teach grandmother to suck eggs teach school teacher teacher's pet teacup team team player team up teapot tear tear a place apart tear across tear along tear apart tear around tear at tear at heartstrings tear away tear down tear from tear hair tear heart out tear into tear into some place tear limb from limb tear loose tear off tear off a strip tear on tear out tear out of tear to pieces tear up tease tease about tease into doing tease out			Teapot dome affair Teapot dome affair Teapot dome affair Teapot Dome scandal Teapot Dome scandal Teapot Dome scandal Teapot scandal Teapot scandal Teapot scandal Teapots Teapots teapoy teapoys tear tear tear tear tear tear tear tear (one's) hair tear (one's) hair tear (one's) hair tear (one's) hair tear a place apart tear a strip off tear a strip off tear a strip off tear a strip off tear a strip off tear across Tear Agent tear along tear along tear apart tear apart tear apart tear apart tear apart tear around tear around tear around tear around tear around tear ass tear ass tear ass tear assunder tear asunder tear at tear at tear at tear at tear at tear at heartstrings tear at the heartstrings tear away tear away tear away tear away tear away

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