I couldn't tear myself away from the movie after I had begun watching it.
If you tear someone away from a place or activity, you force them to leave the place or stop doing the activity, even though they want to remain there or carry on. Fame hasn't torn her away from her beloved Liverpool Japan's education ministry ordered the change to encourage students to tear themselves away from textbooks I stared at the man, couldn't tear my eyes away
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)
If you refer to a young person as a tearaway, you mean that they behave in a wild and uncontrolled way. He blamed lack of parental control for the young tearaways' behaviour. a young person who behaves badly and often gets into trouble
tear away
Hyphenation
tear a·way
Turkish pronunciation
ter ıwey
Pronunciation
/ˈter əˈwā/ /ˈtɛr əˈweɪ/
Etymology
[ 'tir ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tæhher, tEar; akin to Old High German zahar tear, Greek dakry.