TEAR YOURSELF AWAY (FROM STH)


Meaning of TEAR YOURSELF AWAY (FROM STH) in English

tear yourself away (from sth) | ˌtear sth aˈway (from sth)

to leave somewhere even though you would prefer to stay there; to take sth away from somewhere :

Dinner's ready, if you can tear yourself away from the TV.

She was unable to tear her eyes away from him (= could not stop looking at him) .

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