tear into something

in. to begin eating food with gusto. The family tore into the mountain of food like they hadn’t eaten since breakfast—which was true, in fact. Jimmy tore into the turkey leg and cleaned it off in no time.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zenia	['zi:niə]
MÁXima	MAHK-see-mah	Spanish
Raimund	RIE-muwnt (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Yaser	-	Persian, Turkish, Arabic
Ida	IE-də (English), EE-dah (German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Italian)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Laius	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)