CHEW UP meaning: Grind or crush with teeth

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chew up: Merriam-Webster
chew up: Collins English Dictionary
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chew up: FreeDictionary.org
chew up: Mnemonic Dictionary
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chew up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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chew up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chew up)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To chew so as to make something pulpy or tangled.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To ruin (especially land), by digging.
▸ verb:  (US, slang, transitive) To defeat utterly.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang) To upset or bother (someone).

Similar:

chew out, lambast, lambaste, dress down, chide, scold, berate, rag, bawl out, remonstrate, more...

Opposite:

swallow, gulp down, ingest, devour

Phrases:

chew up and spit out, chew up the scenery, chew me up, more...

Adjectives:

chur, brit, splay, bite-sized, tore up, ripper, banged up, crushing, mainline, spiff, biting

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