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tear it
Idioms and Phrases
Ruin something, spoil one's chances, as in She knew she'd torn it when she lost the address . It is often put as that tears it , as in He's a whole week late鈥攚ell, that tears it for the September issue . [ Colloquial ; early 1900s]Example Sentences
鈥淔or the architect now to tear it all down so quickly鈥 irrespective of what happens from here on, I think it鈥檚 already been a very dramatic set of events that has no parallel in recent times,鈥 said Jayant Menon, a research fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute who previously served as lead economist at the Asian Development Bank.
"We want to build trust, not tear it down."
Republicans, meanwhile just want to tear it all apart.
Now, with a trial looming in March, Polizzi is preparing to tear it down rather than spend thousands more defending it in court.
鈥淭he city attorney said they鈥檙e not dropping the criminal case. It鈥檚 either get all these permits or tear it down completely.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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