tear up the dance floor

verb

To engage vigorously in dancing.

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Meanings

verbtear up the dance floor (third-person singular simple present tears up the dance floor, present participle tearing up the dance floor, simple past tore up the dance floor, past participle torn up the dance floor)

present singular third person tears up the dance floor · participle present tearing up the dance floor · past tore up the dance floor · participle past torn up the dance floor

  1. idiomaticslangTo engage vigorously in dancing.
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MLA

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Chicago

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