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tear

 
/teər/ v [I always + adv/prep] (past tense tore /tɔr/, /toʊr/, past participle torn /tɔrn/, /toʊrn/) infml (HURRY)

Definition

to move very quickly; to rush: She was late and went tearing around the house looking for her car keys.
(Definition of tear v (HURRY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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