tear off

See also: tear-off

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɛəɹ ɒf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /teɹ ɑf/

Verb

tear off (third-person singular simple present tears off, present participle tearing off, simple past tore off, past participle torn off)

1. (transitive) To rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly.

   Do not tear off the price tag if you want to return that shirt.

2. (intransitive) To become detached by tearing or ripping.
3. (intransitive) To leave or depart rapidly.

   The fugitive tore off down the alley.

Synonyms

• (to rip away from): detach, remove, rip off; see also Thesaurus:disconnect
• (to leave or depart rapidly): flee; see also Thesaurus:flee

Translations

(transitive) to rip away from — see also rip off

Alemannic German: abrupfe Azerbaijani: qoparmaq (az) Esperanto: elŝiri French: arracher (fr) Galician: esgallar (gl), esguizar, esgazar (gl) German: abreißen (de) Latin: abscindō Portuguese: arrancar (pt) Quechua: t'ipiy Romanian: rupe (ro) Serbo-Croatian: kȉdati (sh) Spanish: arrancar (es), desgajar (es), arranchar (es), escarzar (es), terrafear (United States) Swedish: slita loss Ukrainian: відрива́ти impf (vidryváty), відірва́ти pf (vidirváty), віддира́ти impf (viddyráty), відде́рти pf (viddérty)

(intransitive) to become detached by tearing or ripping

Belarusian: адрыва́цца impf (adryvácca), адарва́цца pf (adarvácca) French: s'arracher (fr) German: abreißen (de) Polish: odrywać się (pl) impf, oderwać się (pl) pf Russian: оторва́ться (ru) impf (otorvátʹsja), отрыва́ться (ru) pf (otryvátʹsja) Ukrainian: відрива́тися impf (vidryvátysja), відірва́тися pf (vidirvátysja), віддира́тися impf (viddyrátysja), відде́ртися pf (viddértysja)

(intransitive) to leave or depart rapidly

Dutch: wegscheuren (nl)

Noun

tear off (plural tear offs)

1. Alternative form of tear-off.