Usually means: Aggressively attack verbally or physically.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word tear into:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. tear into: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tear into: Merriam-Webster
  3. tear into: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tear into: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tear into: Vocabulary.com
  6. tear into: Wiktionary
  7. tear into: Dictionary.com
  8. tear into: Rhymezone
  9. tear into: FreeDictionary.org
  10. tear into: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. tear into: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tear into: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tear into: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tear into: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tear into)

▸ verb:  To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.

Similar:
lace into, lam into, lay into, pitch into, tear apart, tear up, tear, tear to pieces, tear at, tear out, more...

Opposite:
compliment, praise, applaud, commend, approve

Phrases:
tear into shreds, tear into small pieces, tear into pieces, more...

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Similar:
lace into, lam into, lay into, pitch into, tear apart, tear up, tear, tear to pieces, tear at, tear out, more...

Opposite:
compliment, praise, applaud, commend, approve

Phrases:
tear into shreds, tear into small pieces, tear into pieces, more...



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