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tear along

1. To rip (something) over the length of some line or boundary. Tear the paper along the perforated line. I folded the paper over and carefully tried to tear it along the crease.
2. To move forward extremely fast. We're right next to a highway, so we always hear the cars tearing along outside our windows at all hours of the day. I stepped to the side of the trail to make way for the runners who were tearing along.
3. To move over the course of or parallel to some path or line extremely fast. The ambulance tore along Main Street to get the injured man to the hospital. We went tearing along the coast in my uncle's powerboat.
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tear along

to go along very fast, as in running, driving, cycling, etc. The cars tore along the road, raising dust and making noise. Andy tore along on his bicycle, trying to see how fast he could go.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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As she turned out on the harbor road a savage gust of wind tore along it.
Fields, trees, and hedges, seemed to rush past them with the velocity of a whirlwind, so rapid was the pace at which they tore along. They were close by the side of the first chaise.
"As the night advanced, a fierce wind arose from the woods and quickly dispersed the clouds that had loitered in the heavens; the blast tore along like a mighty avalanche and produced a kind of insanity in my spirits that burst all bounds of reason and reflection.
Fouquet tore along as fast as his horses could drag him.
The Carquinez Straits were a welter of foam and smother, and we came through them wildly before the wind, the big mainsail alternately dipping and flinging its boom skyward as we tore along. But the people did not mind.
We tore along at a good gait, and soon left the sounds far behind and modified to a murmur.
I could not feel the full force of the wind, for we were running with it; but from my lofty perch I looked down as though outside the Ghost and apart from her, and saw the shape of her outlined sharply against the foaming sea as she tore along instinct with life.
She tore along the narrow pavement: elbowing the passengers from side to side; and darting almost under the horses' heads, crossed crowded streets, where clusters of persons were eagerly watching their opportunity to do the like.
What wild creature had I met on my travels that tore along on tiptoe in that extraordinary style?
The dust rose in clouds behind as they tore along the level road.
Corporal James Callaghan, pictured, was detected by police at 143mph as he tore along the A9 near Kincraig last year.
On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck the Eastern coast of Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people as it tore along the coasts of Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand.
This is the band's fourth studio album and the title refers to Hurricane Katrina, which tore along the Gulf Coast 10 years ago, plunging New Orleans into devastation.
Residents were shocked when scores of souped-up cars descended on Coleshill and tore along roads at lethal speeds.
DANGER biker Michael Lambert put lives at risk as he tore along suburban streets at 92mph.