tear one's hair in English

Forms: tears one's hair [present, singular, third-person], tearing one's hair [participle, present], tore one's hair [past], torn one's hair [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-verb|tear<,,tore,torn> one's hair}} tear one's hair (third-person singular simple present tears one's hair, present participle tearing one's hair, simple past tore one's hair, past participle torn one's hair)

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          "ref": "2005, Shanta Rameshwar Rao, Krishna:",
          "text": "When he heard that Devaki was pregnant again, for the seventh time, he tore his hair in fury.",
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        "To pull at one's own hair in a frenzy of grief or rage."
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        {
          "word": "tear one's hair out"
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      "form": "tears one's hair",
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"tear one's hair" meaning in English

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