tear around

I felt all the muscles in my hand stretch and tear around my thumb, like he was pulling a drumstick off of a roast chicken.

If we build enough of it, and keep building it, those new buildings will go out of fashion, take on wear and tear around the edges, and become the affordable housing stock of tomorrow, without anyone lifting a finger.

The freestyle sprint is a furious, three-minute tear around a 1.5-kilometer loop on a course built into the side of a hill that includes a lung-busting climb, a dicey descent and a final burst down the flat straightaway to the finish.

Street racers block roads and even interstates to keep police away while they tear around and perform stunts, often captured on videos that go viral.

As the runners tear around the track, the sound from the stand goes with them, a kind of low, windy sound at first—“oouuuuuuu”—that gets louder and louder like a hurricane coming—“oouuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU”—until the runners bust off the last turn and head for the tape.