tear it up

verb6

1. •
   To perform with great energy and flair.

   • Dad would see them watching me polishing the leather and he'd call me out on stage and the crowd went wild. Little twelve-year-old girl tearing it up. — 2009
2. •
   To compete extremely well, to trounce the competition.

   • Statistics not only help us keep track of who's tearing it up and who's stinking it up, they shape the way we think about the game. — 1996
3. •
   To succeed in a big way.

   • I was in Florida doing my investing thing, absolutely tearing it up with huge returns. — 2008
4. •
   To display great energy or force.

   • The wind was tearing it up, the waves at least eight to ten feet high as the surf crashed on shore. — 2010
5. •
   To display sexual prowess.

   • Girl, I'll give yo lil ass a nice lil workout. I can carry yo ass all over my spot and tear it up at the same time. — 2010
6. •
   To behave with wild abandon; to indulge in sex, drugs, and/or alcohol.

   • Carrie told Janie that Melinda saw him in Lansing at a club, and he was tearing it up. Funny, that. Because he seems very, very shy. — 2009