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  • 71tear one's hair — phrasal to pull one s hair as an expression of grief, rage, frustration, desperation, or anxiety; also to feel or display such an emotion …

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  • 72pull down — Synonyms and related words: accept, acquire, admit, annihilate, assume, bag, be paid, be remunerated, be salaried, be seized of, bear down, beat down, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bring low, bulldog,… …

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  • 73tear down — Synonyms and related words: annihilate, asperse, beat down, blow down, break down, bring down, bulldoze, burn down, calumniate, cast down, chop down, cut down, defame, demolish, denigrate, disassemble, dismantle, dismount, fell, flatten, knock… …

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  • 74pull — pÊŠl n. act of grabbing and drawing away; influence; press proof, test print used for proofreading before a print run (Printing); handle, grip v. grab and draw away; drag, tow; remove, take away; stretch, extend; tear, rip …

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  • 75pull out — remove, tear out; abandon; exit, depart; abandonment, departure; detachable sheet …

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  • 76tear off — Strip, pull off with violence …

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  • 77tear — I. v. a. 1. Rend, pull apart, separate by pulling. 2. Lacerate, laniate, lancinate, mangle, rend, wound. 3. Sever, sunder. 4. Break away, force away, rend away, snatch away. 5. Shatter, rend. II. v. n. 1. Rush …

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  • 78pull it down — A term often used in reference to dismantling and overhauling an engine. Same as tear it down …

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  • 79tear it down — See pull it down …

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  • 80To tear a cat — Tear Tear (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[=o]r), ((Obs. {Tare}) (t[^a]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to… …

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