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tore (up)
and torn (up)1. Sl. distraught; emotionally upset. I knew you'd be tore up. Fred's really torn up about the accident.
2. Sl. intoxicated. He wasn't just drunk—he was massively tore up. Boy, was she torn.
tore
verbSee tore up
- all tore up
- tear (one's) hair
- tear (one's) heart out
- tear (someone or something) to pieces
- tear (someone or something) to ribbons
- tear (someone or something) to shreds
- tear a strip off (someone)
- tear apart
- tear around
- tear at
- tear away
- tear down
- tear into
- tear loose
- tear loose from (someone or something)
- tear off
- tear out (one's) hair
- tear round
- tear someone off a strip
- tear the heart out of (something)
- tear the rag off the bush
- tear through (something)
- tear up
- tear up the pea patch
- tore
- tore back
- tore down
- tore up