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.
Examples of chew up in a Sentence
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Bryant worried that Moore’s insight, authenticity and integrity would not be appreciated, and his friend would be chewed up and spit out.
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Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
The mechanism is complicated, but here’s the gist: A lot of things that salamanders eat, including springtails and beetle larvae, chew up leaves on the forest floor.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 June 2024
Even so, Mack put up a showing the majority of the 156-player would have happily taken as a firm and fast No. 2 course chewed up many of the game’s elite.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 14 June 2024
My teacher looked at me with disappointment yet seemed amused by the boys who took to scotch tape or even chewed up gum to hold their pillows together.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 31 May 2024
That means a handful of players will chew up an increasingly larger percentage of cap space, thus leaving less money for all the Ravens’ other needs.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
Such efforts are relatively easy to launch but can chew up resources without creating much value.
—Byrodney Zemmel, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Andrew Unterberger: Love Ty and he is a welcome presence for much of Vultures — but the number of co-stars who could stand next to a personality as huge and self-centering as Kanye’s and not get chewed up along with the rest of the scenery is a short one, and does not include him.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2024
Darnold marched the offense into the end zone on an eight-play drive that chewed up three minutes and 38 seconds and put the Trojans up by 10 with 4:22 remaining.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
The mechanism is complicated, but here’s the gist: A lot of things that salamanders eat, including springtails and beetle larvae, chew up leaves on the forest floor.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 June 2024
Even so, Mack put up a showing the majority of the 156-player would have happily taken as a firm and fast No. 2 course chewed up many of the game’s elite.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 14 June 2024
My teacher looked at me with disappointment yet seemed amused by the boys who took to scotch tape or even chewed up gum to hold their pillows together.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 31 May 2024
That means a handful of players will chew up an increasingly larger percentage of cap space, thus leaving less money for all the Ravens’ other needs.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
Such efforts are relatively easy to launch but can chew up resources without creating much value.
—Byrodney Zemmel, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Andrew Unterberger: Love Ty and he is a welcome presence for much of Vultures — but the number of co-stars who could stand next to a personality as huge and self-centering as Kanye’s and not get chewed up along with the rest of the scenery is a short one, and does not include him.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2024
Darnold marched the offense into the end zone on an eight-play drive that chewed up three minutes and 38 seconds and put the Trojans up by 10 with 4:22 remaining.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
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“Chew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chew%20up. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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