Usually means: Rip into pieces; become emotional.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word tear up:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. tear up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tear up: Merriam-Webster
  3. tear up: Vocabulary.com
  4. tear-up: Wordnik
  5. tear-up, tear up: Wiktionary
  6. tear up: Dictionary.com
  7. tear up: Rhymezone
  8. tear up: FreeDictionary.org
  9. tear up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. tear up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tear up: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tear up: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tear up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tear up: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (tear up)

verb:  (transitive) To tear into pieces.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To cancel or annul, or to cause the cancellation or annulment of (e.g. an agreement or contract).
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To damage.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against.
verb:  (transitive) To wrench out of the ground.
verb:  (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have intense penetrative sex with.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To brutally assault.
verb:  (intransitive) To start shedding tears.

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