"take sth to pieces" in German to take sth. to pieces etw. in seine Bestandteile zerlegen etw. verreißen über etw. herziehen Detailed translations for "take sth to pieces" to take sth. to pieces to take sth. to pieces(also: to take apart sth.) etw. in seine Bestandteile zerlegen{transitive verb} to take sth. to pieces(also: to lambaste, to lambast sb./sth., to pull sth. to pieces, to pick sth. to pieces) etw. verreißen{transitive verb} to take sth. to pieces(also: to thunder, to pull sth. to pieces, to pick sth. to pieces, to rail) über etw. herziehen{intransitive verb}