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Phrase(s): chew someone or something up to damage or ruin someone or something by pinching, grinding, biting, etc. • Stay away from the mower blade or it will chew you up. • The lawn mower chewed up the flowers.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): chew something up to grind food with the teeth until it can be swallowed. • You had better chew that stuff up well. • Please chew up your food well.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs