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tear away
verb
rip off violently and forcefully (Freq. 2)
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The passing bus tore off her side mirror

• Syn: ↑tear off
• Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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transitive verb
Etymology: tear (III)
: to remove (as oneself) reluctantly

several hours before he could tear himself away from the party

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tear away
1. To remove by tearing
2. To remove (oneself) reluctantly
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Main Entry: ↑tear

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ˌtear a ˈway [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tear away he/she/it tears away present participle tearing away past tense tore away past participle torn away] phrasal verb
to force yourself or someone else to leave or to stop doing something
tear yourself away (from someone/​something):

‘Sorry,’ said Douglas, tearing himself away from the conversation.

tear your eyes/​gaze away from someone/​something:

She was unable to tear her eyes away from him.

Thesaurus: to stop doing somethingsynonym to stop someone doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym
Main entry: tear

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tear away [phrasal verb]
tear (someone or something) away : to cause (someone) to leave or move away from something

I needed to leave the party, but I couldn't tear myself away.

She couldn't tear him away from the TV.

He couldn't tear his eyes away from the TV. [=he could not stop watching the TV]

— see also ↑tearaway
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Main Entry: ↑tear

Useful english dictionary. 2012.