What does tear up mean?

tear up means "tear into shreds".

What is another word for tear up?

Close synonyms include shred, rip up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tear up a common word?

tear up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

tear up — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
tear into shreds
Synonymsshred rip up
Broadertear
Narrowertease

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What does tear up mean?: tear up means "tear into shreds".
What is another word for tear up?: Close synonyms include shred, rip up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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