tear-up

noun

A fight; a scrap.

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Meanings

nountear-up (plural tear-ups)

plural tear-ups

  1. UKslangA fight; a scrap.

    We'd give him a bit of verbal, out would come the bouncers, chucking their weight about, and it would all end in a right tear-up.

    2013, Lenny McLean, The Guv'nor
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APA

tear-up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tear-up

MLA

“tear-up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tear-up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tear-up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tear-up.

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