[second half of 1800s] 2. Web (pull violently) to pull something so violently that it breaks into two or more pieces: Web to make someone worried or nervous worry concern tear apart. The tornado tore apart the barn. Upset or make distraught, as in the parents' divorce tore apart the grandparents. Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary. Web tear verb (pull apart) b1 [ i or t ] to pull or be pulled apart, or to pull pieces off: I couldn't open the box nicely, so i just tore it apart. To separate on being pulled : A dog can tear a rabbit apart in seconds.
To separate someone from someone else:. To separate on being pulled : Her pregnancy was tearing the family apart. Web a row that tore the family apart 2 literary to separate people who are in a close relationship with each other nothing can tear us apart! Web definition of tear you apart in the idioms dictionary. To separate (something) into parts by pulling it, cutting it, etc. What does tear you apart expression mean? The robbers tore apart the house looking for the money. Explore thesaurus 2 to make people argue and damage their relationship this issue is tearing their marriage. The explosion tore the building apart. To destroy something by or as if by tearing:
