TEAR SB/STH APART, TO SHREDS, TO BITS, ETC.


Meaning of TEAR SB/STH APART, TO SHREDS, TO BITS, ETC. in English

to destroy or defeat sb/sth completely or criticize them or it severely :

We tore the other team apart in the second half.

The critics tore his last movie to shreds.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.