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.

Examples of chop up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The lamb brains had been salted and poached before being chopped up and aerated, Munk explained, and the dish—at first glance, an homage to Hannibal Lecter—was intended to highlight the issue of food waste. —Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024

Last year, #3 Ernst & Young turned down a proposal from TPG that would have involved chopping up the company, with the PE investment only going to the non-audit side of the business. —Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024

But, your garbage disposal works hard to chop up foods into tiny bits that can leave food residue behind, which not only leaves foul odors, but less-than-sharp blades. —Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2024

The Mask would pull an ax out of his body and chop up his victims. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 26 July 2024