"tear up" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "See: tear (“to rip, shred”).",
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        "To tear into pieces."
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        "(transitive) To tear into pieces."
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          "sense": "To tear into pieces.",
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          "text": "The lacrosse practice really tore up the field.",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Scotty Rae Hettinger, 5/22: Stories of Survival, Stories of Faith, →ISBN, page 231:",
          "text": "We were making a joke about him not tearing it up; because the first person that puts a dent in it is going to get in trouble.",
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        "To damage."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To damage."
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          "text": "Taking advantage of her haughty obliviousness—Faris is every bit Margaret Dumont to Baron Cohen’s Groucho—Aladeen conspires to seize power back and tear up the new constitution before it’s too late.",
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        "To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against."
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          "text": "We tore up the weeds from the allotment.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1941 October, “Notes and News: The Lee Moor Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, page 470:",
          "text": "There was another incline on this section, but it has not been in use for very many years, and some of the rails are torn up, and the rest very overgrown.",
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        "To wrench out of the ground."
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        "(transitive) To wrench out of the ground."
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          "roman": "izskubvam",
          "sense": "To wrench out of the ground.",
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        {
          "text": "Chad tore up Stacy after that party.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To have intense penetrative sex with."
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        "(transitive, slang, vulgar) To have intense penetrative sex with."
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        "To brutally assault."
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        "(transitive, slang) To brutally assault."
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        "To start shedding tears."
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        "(intransitive) To start shedding tears."
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        "To tear into pieces."
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        "(transitive) To tear into pieces."
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        "To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against."
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        "To wrench out of the ground."
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        "(transitive) To wrench out of the ground."
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        "(transitive, slang, vulgar) To have intense penetrative sex with."
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        "To brutally assault."
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        "(transitive, slang) To brutally assault."
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      "roman": "razkǎsvam",
      "sense": "To tear into pieces.",
      "word": "разкъсвам"
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      "roman": "izskubvam",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To start shedding tears."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shed",
          "shed"
        ],
        [
          "tear",
          "tear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To start shedding tears."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪɹ ˈʌp/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪəɹ ˈʌp/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "tear up"
}