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Phrase(s): tore (up) [and] torn (up)
1. Sl. distraught; emotionally upset. • I knew you’d be tore up. • Fred’s really torn up about the accident. 2. Sl. intoxicated. • He wasn’t just drunk—he was massively tore up. • Boy, was she torn.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs