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Meanings of tear into in English

Hit violently, as in an attack.

Synonyms
Examples for "lam into"
Examples for "lam into"
1
Is that why he didn't-didn'tlam into me?
Go Set a Watchman
2
And he's got savvee enough to know from now on that that same stone wall will be always there ready for him to lam into.
Burning Daylight
3
You lammed into him, and she took up and defended him.
Bruce
4
How I lammed into the beggar!
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
5
"It's the one you lammed into the Huns with," explained Bart.
Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs
1
She opened her mouth like she was going to lace into him-butthen shrugged.
Second glance
2
These joyful bounds just lace into the stuff of my memories and stay there forever.
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
3
Alicia put out her hand and tucked an irrelevant bit of lace into Hilda's bosom.
The Path of a Star
4
So saying the mad girl took up a pair of scissors and cut the lace into fragments.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
5
As soon as we are on the street in front of the boutique I lace into her.
My Sister's Keeper
1
The longing to pitch into somebody was so strong you couldn't resist.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
2
But I'll walk into your parlour, while I pitch into your crib.
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
3
Throw the pitch into that, it's very, very tough for the players.
The Guardian
4
If you don't look out, Gascoyne will pitch into you, old boy.
Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific
5
Do pitch into the broiled bones while they are hot; never mind me.
Castle Richmond
1
The front line of Surakan ships continued to lay into the cruiser.
Envoy
2
Don't think I didn't lay into him after he left you.
A taste of magic
3
Should he lay into me, or drink a beer with me?
Self's punishment
4
Molière introduced a couplet of this lay into his Alceste.
Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
5
I looked back to see a team of cops lay into her with batons.
Crooked little vein
Usage of tear into in English
1
As for him, he would love the chance to tear into Bartomeu.
The Guardian
2
He'd just started to tear into me again when the telephone rang.
Hell hath no fury
3
She saw that he brushed more than one tear into the waves.
Opening a Chestnut Burr
4
She just shoved him aside and bent to tear into the reindeer.
Promise of the wolves: a novel
5
He saw them tear into the four men, saw the wounds burst open.
Phantoms
6
I hit an immediate problem as my teeth tear into the first doughnut.
The Guardian
7
She thought about the way Boyd Gates would tear into her on cross-examination.
By reason of insanity
8
She wanted the lot of them to tear into one another.
Ink Exchange
9
Then, with its 20mm gun, it began to tear into the wood-and-stucco building.
The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228
10
Pull the meat off the bone and tear into bite-size chunks.
Cooking for friends
11
Slice the orange into thin rounds, then tear into small pieces.
The Guardian
12
We can't remain cowering here, letting them tear into us piece by piece.
Envoy
13
Normally you can expect opposition TDs to tear into the Government with pent-up vigour.
The Irish Times
14
Sheffield United were preparing to tear into Nottingham Forest's 10 men at Bramall Lane.
The Guardian
15
Anybody would think you were a fireman the way you tear into those pants.
The Circus Boys on the Plains; Or, The Young Advance Agents Ahea...
16
Wet a newspaper, tear into small pieces and spread on the rug or carpet.
Things Mother Used to Make / A Collection of Old Time Recipes, S...
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Tear into through the time
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common