tore up
Past tense of the infinitive "to tear" paired with preposition "up"; combined to form idiom to describe destruction of either material or intangible condition.
Yo 'sup! I tore up a check I wrote when I realized I had written it for an amount inconsistent with the value of my purchase, mothafucka! It tore up my heart to have wasted the resource! Word!
tore up by Truth2Power August 31, 2004
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