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Tommy Tran
2021-03-14 08:03
Tear somebody off a strip/tear a strip off somebody British informal verb phrase
If you tear a strip off someone or tear them off a strip, you scold or criticize someone severely for doing something wrong.
Her parents tore a strip off her because she got home late last night.
My manager tears me off a strip for coming to work late.
My boss would tear me off a strip, if I lost this contract.
The verb "tear" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The expression was originally from Royal Air Force slang, and it was first recorded in the 1940s.
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1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.
