Base verb
Phrasal verbs with tear
The verb tear combines with 5 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
5 phrasal verbs · 5 meanings
tear apart
1 sense- Cause great unhappiness, especially in a group
tear away
1 sense- Make someone leave with great difficulty
tear down
1 sense- Demolish or dismantle
tear off
1 sense- Pull off forcefully
tear up
1 sense- Rip into pieces
Practice the tear family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of tear with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.