chew up
phrasal verb
chewed up; chewing up; chews up
1
: to destroy (something) by chewing it
My new puppy chewed up my shoes.
2
informal
: to destroy or defeat (someone or something)
The truck chewed up the grass.
They chewed the competition up.
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Another was chewed up, or trampled, or both, by a cow.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
That’ll leave rookie Joey Cantillo to chew up some innings Wednesday, a day after Cleveland leaned on its bullpen to cover 6 2/3 innings.
—Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
Mice contaminate food, chew up everything in sight, and spread illnesses through their urine, saliva, and droppings, says Sheldon Owen, a wildlife extension specialist at West Virginia University.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
As played, respectively, by Stephen Graham and Kathy Burke — two of Britain’s very best character actors, even if Burke rarely works onscreen these days — the pair chew up and spit out the scenery with relish.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
That’ll leave rookie Joey Cantillo to chew up some innings Wednesday, a day after Cleveland leaned on its bullpen to cover 6 2/3 innings.
—Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
Mice contaminate food, chew up everything in sight, and spread illnesses through their urine, saliva, and droppings, says Sheldon Owen, a wildlife extension specialist at West Virginia University.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
As played, respectively, by Stephen Graham and Kathy Burke — two of Britain’s very best character actors, even if Burke rarely works onscreen these days — the pair chew up and spit out the scenery with relish.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Chew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chew%20up. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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