tear it up

Definitions

1. 1

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, it, up.

   • Now, where's my Labour membership card, so I can consider whether to tear it up? Blast, it's plastic...
2. 2

   To compete extremely well, to trounce the competition.

   • Statistics not only help us keep track of who's tearing it up and who's stinking it up, they shape the way we think about the game.
   • The teenager, as beloved a full-back as any in these parts since Danny McGrain was tearing it up, cut in, shot and saw his attempt deflected in off Sterling's boot. Cue more pandemonium.
3. 3

   To perform with great energy and flair.

   • Dad would see them watching me polishing the leather and he'd call me out on stage and the crowd went wild. Little twelve-year-old girl tearing it up.
   • His Double Trouble started tearing it up all over the world. Was just three guys—Stevie, Tommy Shannon on bass, and Chris Layton on drums—but man, they had a big sound.
   • The Motor City Madman's albums hadn't been selling as well as Cat Scratch Fever a couple of years earlier, but he was still tearing it up Nugent style.
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   1. 4

      To succeed in a big way.

      • I was in Florida doing my investing thing, absolutely tearing it up with huge returns.
      • Butch Guice and Diego Rodriguez are tearing it up, huh? They put across the notion of constant cold so evocatively that expect to be able to see my breath as I read the book.
      • "Hey, Eina, that little brother of yours is really tearing it up"
   2. 5

      To display great energy or force.

      • The wind was tearing it up, the waves at least eight to ten feet high as the surf crashed on shore.
      • Here are my eight favorite get-fit foods, based on that research and what's worked best for my clients over the years, along with what makes me feel like tearing it up on my morning run.
   3. 6

      To display sexual prowess.

      • Girl, I'll give yo lil ass a nice lil workout. I can carry yo ass all over my spot and tear it up at the same time.
      • My face might have been jacked up from Jaylin, but it surely didn't affect me in any way down below. After I told Stephon about what had happened in court, we got a good laugh and wound up in my bedroom, tearing it up.
      • Then, oh my God, he started hitting a spot that I didn't even know I had. I started screaming at the top of my lungs. He knew he was tearing it up, and that excited him so much that he erupted inside of me, rolled over, and passed out.
   4. 7

      To behave with wild abandon

      To behave with wild abandon; to indulge in sex, drugs, and/or alcohol.

      • Carrie told Janie that Melinda saw him in Lansing at a club, and he was tearing it up. Funny, that. Because he seems very, very shy.

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