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Phrase(s): crush something up
to reduce the mass of something by crushing. • Crush this up and put it in the sauce. • Crush up a clove of garlic and put it in the sauce., Phrase(s): crush something up (into something)
to press or grind something with great force until it is reduced to something smaller. • The chef crushed the almonds up into a powder and sprinkled them on the dessert. • The machine crushed up all the glass into tiny bits.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs