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tear away

verb

Definitions

  1. To remove (oneself or another person), overcoming that person's reluctance to be so…

    To remove (oneself or another person), overcoming that person's reluctance to be so removed.

    • I couldn't tear myself away from the movie after I had begun watching it.
    • Could I please tear you away from that video game for a moment?
    • Watching the world go by is so much fun that I have to tear myself away to catch my next service - LNER's 'Highland Chieftain' worked by a bi-mode Class 800 Azuma, [...].

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, away.

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