Definition of teared a new one

tear a new one

verb - transitive

to verbally attack someone; "rip (one) a new asshole".
My boss really tore me a new one after I lost the client.

Citation from "Baby Monitor", Raising Hope (TV), Season 1 Episode 21 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'a':
a	Definitions include: amphetamine.
A-1	Definitions include: the best.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
a bit much	Definitions include: excessive.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
a boat	Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat".
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a couple three	Definitions include: an unspecified small number.
act a fool	Definitions include: to play around.
a dime a dozen	Definitions include: very common.
*a dog with two dcks**	Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate.
a dollar three eighty	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
a dollar three eightyfive	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
adopt a tree	Definitions include: to collide with a tree.
a face that only a mother could love	Definitions include: an ugly face.
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Other terms relating to 'new':
act brand new	Definitions include: to put on airs.
brand new	Definitions include: different, or fake, or hateful, like they was born yesterday.
brand spanking new	Definitions include: new.
East Jesus, New Jersey	Definitions include: somewhere in the middle of nowhere
FNG	Definitions include: "fucking new guy".
I for one welcome our new 'X' overlords	Definitions include: a comment that usually serves no other purpose above telling listeners (or more often: readers) that the speaker (writer) is in the technological "in group".
in a New York minute	Definitions include: quickly.
new ball game	Definitions include: a new situation.
new black, the	Definitions include: a new popular thing.
new blood	Definitions include: a newcomer.
new hotness, the	Definitions include: a new popular thing.
New Jeru	Definitions include: New Jersey.
new kid on the block	Definitions include: the new person somewhere.
NYE	Definitions include: acronym for "New Year's Eve".
*rip a new sshole**	Definitions include: to attack, beat up.
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Other terms relating to 'one':
1	Definitions include: "goodbye".
516	Definitions include: a "Long Island Ice Tea" (also called a "Long Island Iced Tea") which is a strong alcoholic mixed drink.
A-1	Definitions include: the best.
and 1	Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
back one out	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
back to square one	Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
big one	Definitions include: $1,000.
bite the big one	Definitions include: to die or to get killed.
BOGO	Definitions include: "buy one get one" free.
catch the fair one	Definitions include: to fight.
coil one	Definitions include: to defecate.
cold one	Definitions include: a beer.
crack one off	Definitions include: to masturbate.
crank one out	Definitions include: to masturbate, typically used in the case of men
curly one	Definitions include: a question that is difficult to answer.
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Other terms relating to 'tear':
alligator tears	Definitions include: incorrect usage of "crocodile tears."
angel tears	Definitions include: the psychedelic drug LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide).
crocodile tears	Definitions include: an insincere display of emotion.
Male tears	Definitions include: slang term for semen.
shed a tear	Definitions include: to urinate.
tear	Definitions include: to leave quickly.
tear arse	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
*tear ss**	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
tear into	Definitions include: to aggressively start consuming.
tear it down	Definitions include: to leave quickly; sometimes referring to leaving as a negative action.
tear-jerker	Definitions include: something sad, e.g. a movie or book.
*tear (one's) ss up**	Definitions include: to vigorously, sexually penetrate a person's anus.
*tear that ss up**	Definitions include: to vigorously, sexually penetrate a person's anus.
tear up	Definitions include: to engage in an activity with enthusiasm.

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