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Meaning of tear-ass | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
/ˈtɛɚ.æs/

Definitions

To move extremely quickly; to rush.

US, informal, vulgar

Examples

“Kittenplan tells Ingersoll to write his congressman about it and over LaMont Chu’s pleas for reasoned discussion takes several more theoretically valuable warheads out of the industrial-solvent bucket and gets truly serious about hitting Ingersoll, moving steadily east across Nigeria and Chad, causing Ingersoll to run due north across the courts’ map at impressive speed, abandoning IRLIBSYR’s ammo-bucket and tear-assing up through Siberia crying Foul.”
“If this were New York City, we'd have jumped in a cab and tear-assed down the Grand Central Parkway straight to JFK. But there aren't a lot of high-speed getaway options in Venice. A gondola would have been romantic but not too smart.”
“Here is how Jack Reacher and Susan Turner deal with their problems: Run run run run run. The first half of the film is overstuffed with shots of Cruise and Smulders tear-assing over field and dale, karate chopping the air in front of them with each stride so you can tell they're military.”

CEFR level

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

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