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tore up

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. unsightly, unkempt, dirty
    US, slang
  2. particularly drunk
    US, slang
  3. Damaged, hurt or broken
    Southern-US

Examples

“She went into rehab tore up but cleaned up quite nicely before her departure.”
“I got three pounds of ice, a gallon of Jack, a half-gallon of Reyka, two gallons of Jäger and a rainbow of mixers. Tonight we're gettin' tore up from the floor up.”
“I didn't call⟳ you, 'cause my phone's all tore up.”
“He's been tore up real bad since his boy died.”

CEFR level

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

torent toreutic toric Toriest toriform Torinese

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