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61tear at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tear at : present tense I/you/we/they tear at he/she/it tears at present participle tearing at past tense tore at past participle torn at tear at something to pull very strongly at something The wind tore at… …
62tear something down — DEMOLISH, knock down, raze (to the ground), flatten, level, bulldoze; dismantle, disassemble. → tear * * * ˌtear sthˈdown derived to pull or knock down a building, wall, etc. Syn …
63tear one's hair — phrasal : to pull or pluck one s hair as an expression of grief, rage, frustration, desperation, anxiety; also : to feel or display such an emotion tearing his hair over a pile of bills * * * tear one s hair 1. Former …
64pull up — Synonyms and related words: arraign, arrest, avulse, bank, block, brake, bring to, bring up, bring up short, cease fire, check, checkmate, come up short, crab, cut out, cut short, dam, deadlock, deracinate, dig out, dig up, dip, disentangle, draw …
65pull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. power, sway; jerk, wrench, tug; magnetism, gravity, attraction;slang, influence. v. tug, wrench, haul, drag, draw; extract; row, paddle; tow. See extraction, exertion, traction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …
66tear down — I raze, wreck, demolish; dismantle. See destruction. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. raze, level, flatten, bulldoze, demolish, dismantle, destroy, pull down, wreck. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To pull down or break up so that… …
67pull down — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. raze, wreck, remove; see destroy 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible: demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, . level, pulverize, raze, tear down …
68tear off — verb /teɪɹ ɒf,teɪɹ ɑf/ a) To rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly. Do not tear off the price tag if you want to return that shirt. b) To leave or depart rapidly. The fugitive tore off down the alley. Syn …
69pull — I. n. 1. Pluck, shake, twitch. 2. Contest, struggle. 3. Hap, venture, chance (colloq.). II. v. a. 1. Draw, haul, tug, drag. 2. Pluck, gather. 3. Tear, rend, dra …
70pull something down — DEMOLISH, knock down, tear down, dismantle, raze (to the ground), level, flatten, bulldoze, destroy. → pull …
