english
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verb ADV. finely Add finely chopped parsley. | roughly Roughly chop the cabbage. | up I spent the day chopping up wood. | down There are concerns over how quickly the forests are being chopped down. | off He chopped off the small branches before cutting down the tree. PREP. into Chop the meat into small cubes. PHRASES chop sth to pieces The furniture had been chopped to pieces., noun ADJ. lamb, mutton, pork | loin pork loin chops VERB + CHOP eat, have | braise, cook, fry, grillFOOD
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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chop sth off
[ M ]
to cut off part of something with a sharp tool
• Two of his fingers were chopped off in the accident., chop sth down
[ M ]
to cut through something to make it fall down
• Most of the diseased trees were chopped down last year.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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cut up:
Chop the meat in small pieces.
verb
cut:
He chopped down a tree for wood.
Simple Definitions
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Phrase(s): chop someone or something (up) (in(to) something)
to cut something up into something smaller, perhaps with an axe or a cleaver. • The butcher chopped up the beef loin into small fillets. • I chopped up the onion into little pieces.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs