chop up
phrasal verb
chopped up; chopping up; chops up
: to cut (something) into small pieces
She chopped up the nuts and added them to the cookie dough.
He chopped the onion up for the stew.
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Any home chef knows how tedious chopping up veggies can be during the food-prep phase of cooking.
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Mia Maguire, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2024
It's made by chopping up leftover turkey, mixing it in a bowl with gravy and laying it at the bottom of an oven dish.
—Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Heart and liver: These organs are softer parts of the giblets, but they, too, can be chopped up and incorporated into a gravy or broth to flavor it.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024
For the latter, Mike chopped up his band’s still-rising hit and reorganized the instrumental into a repeating pattern, similar to a DJ sampling part of an old rock song for a new rap track.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
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Mia Maguire, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2024
It's made by chopping up leftover turkey, mixing it in a bowl with gravy and laying it at the bottom of an oven dish.
—Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Heart and liver: These organs are softer parts of the giblets, but they, too, can be chopped up and incorporated into a gravy or broth to flavor it.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024
For the latter, Mike chopped up his band’s still-rising hit and reorganized the instrumental into a repeating pattern, similar to a DJ sampling part of an old rock song for a new rap track.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Chop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20up. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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