pull to pieces in English

Forms: pulls to pieces [present, singular, third-person], pulling to pieces [participle, present], pulled to pieces [participle, past], pulled to pieces [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pull to pieces (third-person singular simple present pulls to pieces, present participle pulling to pieces, simple past and past participle pulled to pieces)

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    {
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      "form": "pulled to pieces",
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          "ref": "1897, John Mackinnon Robertson, The Saxon and the Celt: A Study in Sociology:",
          "text": "To stand consistently by his criticisms of theories of race would have been to pull to pieces his partisan teachings, and this he would not do.",
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        "To thoroughly refute something."
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        "(figurative) To thoroughly refute something."
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          "word": "pick to pieces"
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    {
      "form": "pulls to pieces",
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        "third-person"
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    {
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pulled to pieces",
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        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "pulled to pieces",
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      ]
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"pull to pieces" meaning in English

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