tear to shreds

English

Verb

tear to shreds (third-person singular simple present tears to shreds, present participle tearing to shreds, simple past tore to shreds, past participle torn to shreds)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of tear to pieces.
    • 1959 June, R. A. Young, “A Railway Holiday in Ireland—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 420:
      My opportunity to see what one of these engines could do came when we left Ballymoney on the train from Derry eight minutes late: No. 53 and her crew tore the schedule to shreds and reached Belfast six minutes early, having gained time on every section.
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