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
Floortje	FLO:R-tyə	Dutch
Dorcas	['dɔ:kəs]
Jed	[dʒed]
Clematis	klə-MAT-is	English (Rare)
Philemon	fi-LEE-mən (English), fie-LEE-mən (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Laurynas	-	Lithuanian