tear off

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tear something off (of) someone or something and tear something off

to peel or rip something off someone or something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Max tore the necklace off his victim and ran away with it. He tore off the necklace.

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As the boy read, he kept twisting and trying to tear off a button that was nearly off his jacket. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context You will know when you reach London; at London you may tear off the outer envelope. Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context Now and then, one of the Indian allies, in bravado, would rush up to the fort, fire over the ramparts, tear off a buffalo robe or a scarlet blanket, and return with it in triumph to his comrades. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context			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 tease out of tee tee off teed teed off teem with teeth teething teething problems teething troubles telegraph telegraph punches telephone telephone in telescope into			tear gas tear gas tear gas tear gland tear gland tear hair tear hair out tear hair out tear hair out tear hair out tear hair out tear heart out tear into tear into tear into tear into tear into tear into some place Tear it Down Tear it Down Tear jerker tear layer tear limb from limb tear limb from limb tear limb from limb tear limb from limb tear line tear loose tear loose tear meniscus tear off tear off a strip tear off a strip tear off a strip tear off a strip tear off a strip tear on tear oneself away tear out tear out tear out tear out of tear prism tear pumping tear sac tear sac tear secretion tear sheet tear sheet Tear Sheet Server Tear sheets Tear sheets tear stone tear strength tear to pieces tear to pieces tear to pieces tear to pieces tear to pieces tear to pieces tear to ribbons

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