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Meaning of tear-up | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A fight; a scrap.

UK, slang

Examples

“We'd give him a bit of verbal, out would come the bouncers, chucking their weight about, and it would all end in a right tear-up.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

tear, snag Tearable tearabout tearage tearaway teardown