tore away; torn away; tearing away; tears away
: to remove (someone, such as oneself) reluctantly
Examples of tearaway in a Sentence
Noun
a gang of teenage tearaways
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Elizabeth Baskin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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I was born in 1989 and fondly remember when tearaways were all the rage in the late ‘90s.
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Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
The collapse occurred when a portion of the pier, already weakened from previous storms, was torn away by the high surf, sending three engineers into the water.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Folding cardboard kiosks in employee breakrooms with a tearaway pad to submit ideas to corporate.
—Elizabeth Baskin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Lululemon Women’s Tear-away Mid-rise Track Pants $128 $69 at Lululemon
I was born in 1989 and fondly remember when tearaways were all the rage in the late ‘90s.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2024
Verb
Making the cut this way will prevent the branch from tearing away and ripping bark from the trunk.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
The collapse occurred when a portion of the pier, already weakened from previous storms, was torn away by the high surf, sending three engineers into the water.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Tearaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tearaway. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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