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English
Verb
tear away (third-person singular simple present tears away, present participle tearing away, simple past tore away, past participle torn away)
- (transitive, often reflexive) 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?
2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75: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, [...].
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, away.
Translations
(transitive) to remove a reluctant person
(reflexive) to remove oneself reluctantly