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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Foreign allies may not provide the help needed, but a fleet of scout/bomber quadcopters with precision weapons could rapidly chew up a Russian invasion.
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David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
But then Marcus Morris Sr. and Paul Millsap got into a hold-me-back, Nikola Jokić chewed up Montrezl Harrell as Ivica Zubac watched from the bench, Jamal Murray ran circles around the Clippers for a 40-point Game 7, and the Nuggets came back from a 3-1 deficit for the second series in a row.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Washington’s first two possessions of the second half ended in touchdowns by Ertz and running back Chris Rodriguez Jr., curtailed Atlanta’s momentum and chewed up nearly 15 minutes of game clock.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
The drug was developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Chugai, which had found a way to put some of the weight-loss features of the incretins into an oral form that wouldn’t lose all its potency and get chewed up by the acids in the stomach and digestive system.
—Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
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David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
But then Marcus Morris Sr. and Paul Millsap got into a hold-me-back, Nikola Jokić chewed up Montrezl Harrell as Ivica Zubac watched from the bench, Jamal Murray ran circles around the Clippers for a 40-point Game 7, and the Nuggets came back from a 3-1 deficit for the second series in a row.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Washington’s first two possessions of the second half ended in touchdowns by Ertz and running back Chris Rodriguez Jr., curtailed Atlanta’s momentum and chewed up nearly 15 minutes of game clock.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
The drug was developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Chugai, which had found a way to put some of the weight-loss features of the incretins into an oral form that wouldn’t lose all its potency and get chewed up by the acids in the stomach and digestive system.
—Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Chew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chew%20up. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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