pull to pieces en · VERB
Meanings
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(figuratively) To thoroughly refute something.
To stand consistently by his criticisms of theories of race would have been to pull to pieces his partisan teachings, and this he would not do.
1897, John Mackinnon Robertson, The Saxon and the Celt: A Study in Sociology:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pulling to pieces | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pulled to pieces | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pulled to pieces | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| pulls to pieces | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |