- tear around
- {v. phr.} To be constantly on the go; dash around. * /No one can understand how she manages to tear around from one social event to another and yet be a good mother to her children./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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tear around — {v. phr.} To be constantly on the go; dash around. * /No one can understand how she manages to tear around from one social event to another and yet be a good mother to her children./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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