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verb ADV. well, thoroughly | vigorously | thoughtfully | up Chew your food up thoroughly before you swallow it. PREP. at She was chewing at her lower lip. | on The baby chewed on a rusk.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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chew sth over
[ M ] informal
to think about or discuss something carefully for a long time
• I've been chewing the problem over since last week., chew sth up
[ M ]
If a machine chews up something that you have put inside it, it damages or destroys it
• Your tape deck has chewed up my cassette!, chew sb out
[ M ] US informal
to tell someone angrily that they have done something wrong
• The coach chewed his team out for playing so badly.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): chew
one’s cud Fig. to think deeply; to be deeply involved in private thought. (Alludes to the cow’s habit of bringing food back from the first stomach into the mouth to chew it, called chewing the cud.) • He’s chewing his cud about what to do next.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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In addition to the idioms beginning with CHEW, Also see BITE OFF MORE THAN ONE CAN CHEW.
American Heritage Idioms
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verb
grind with teeth:
Chew your food carefully and slowly.
Simple Definitions