Usually means: Rip or pull something forcefully.
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  1. tear at: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tear at: Merriam-Webster
  3. tear at: Dictionary.com
  4. tear at: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. tear at: Wiktionary

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  1. tear at: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tear at)

▸ verb:  To pull at violently.
▸ verb:  To afflict or aggrieve.

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tear, tear it up, tear-ass, tear up, tear a cat, tear along, tire, totear, claw, pluck, more...

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tear, tear it up, tear-ass, tear up, tear a cat, tear along, tire, totear, claw, pluck, more...



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