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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Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 25 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
Jenkins turned his face from the wall of photos and pushed the tears away.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 25 Dec. 2024
As many as 45 royals could take part in the mass opening, with adults and children alike beginning to tear away the wrapping paper all at once.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Tearaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tearaway. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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