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tear into

 1 (v + prep) physically attack, lay into TRANSITIVEtabhair faoi PhrV  c m uhe tore into the biggest lad thug sé faoin mbuachaill ba mhówe tore into them in the second half leagamar orthu sa dara leath 2 verb informal criticise, verbally attack INTRANSITIVEher sister tore into her thug a deirfiúr íde na muc is na madraí di, thug a deirfiúr aghaidh a craois uirthithe critics tore into him rinne na criticeoirí cáineadh fíochmhar air 3 (v + prep) go about sth with determination TRANSITIVEleag ar PhrV  c m ucrom ar PhrVthey tore into the work leag siad ar an obair 4 (v + prep) eat greedily TRANSITIVEluigh isteach ar  c m uhe tore into the steak luigh sé isteach ar an stéig, phlac sé chuige an stéig, d'alp sé siar an stéig → see tear

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