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Meaning of tear up the pea patch | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To put on a notable performance, especially in sports; to go on a rampage.

idiomatic

Examples

“Television tore up the entire pea patch. Radio was so big, so dominant, so powerful in 1939 that television seemed mostly talk⟳ and conjecture.”
“In the words of one who knows him well, "on a matter⟳ of principle, John McCone is quite capable of tearing up the pea patch."”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

tear-ass tear-assed tear-asses tear-assing tear-gas tear-gases

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