"tear up the dance floor" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tears up the dance floor [present, singular, third-person], tearing up the dance floor [participle, present], tore up the dance floor [past], torn up the dance floor [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tear<,,tore,torn> up the dance floor}} tear up the dance floor (third-person singular simple present tears up the dance floor, present participle tearing up the dance floor, simple past tore up the dance floor, past participle torn up the dance floor)
  1. (idiomatic) To engage vigorously in dancing. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-tear_up_the_dance_floor-en-verb-pMyPZ~EG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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