tear yourself away
phrasal verbtear yourself away (from something) | tear something away (from something)
- to leave somewhere even though you would prefer to stay there; to take something away from somewhere
- Dinner's ready, if you can tear yourself away from the TV.
- She was unable to tear her eyes away from him (= could not stop looking at him).
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