chew up
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chew up (third-person singular simple present chews up, present participle chewing up, simple past and past participle chewed up)
- (transitive) To chew so as to make something pulpy or tangled.
- She had to chew up the food for him because his teeth are too small.
- The tape got chewed up in the cassette player.
- My dog always chews up my daughter's teddy bears.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To ruin (especially land), by digging.
- (US, slang, transitive) To defeat utterly.
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to chew so as to make something pulpy
to ruin (especially land), by digging
to defeat utterly