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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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tear out of

She saw agents tear out of the building chasing a masked individual.

Doea this"tear out of" mean like rushing out of, jumping out of, running out of?

Edit: Changed header from "turn out off" to "tear out of". CJ
  

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Yes, slang, also 'tearing along' = running or moving quickly.

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  • Yes, slang, also 'tearing along' = running or moving quickly.
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Yes, slang, also 'tearing along' = running or moving quickly.
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Anonymoustear
In the given context 'tear' means 'run' or 'rush'.

CJ
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