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tear away
 
Adjective tear away has 1 sense
  1. hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway, brainish - characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)
    Antonym: cautious (indirect, via incautious)
Noun tear away has 1 sense
  1. tearaway - a reckless and impetuous person
    --1 is a kind of daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-scarum
Verb tear away has 1 sense
  1. tear away, tear off - rip off violently and forcefully; "The passing bus tore off her side mirror"
    --1 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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