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Meaning of tear into | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
tɛə(ɹ)ˈɪntu

Definitions

To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.

Equivalents

Svenska hugga in

Examples

“They tore into a stunned City and there was only a minute on the clock when Samir Nasri slipped Jack Wilshere into the area, the 19-year-old's left-foot pass to the far post agonisingly evading a lunging Van Persie.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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