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chew up

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chew up
vb (tr, adverb)
1. to damage or destroy (something) by or as by chewing or grinding
2. (usually passive) Slang to cause (a person) to be nervous or worried he was all chewed up about the interview
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Verb1.chew upchew up - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correct - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
brush down, tell off - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"
criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
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? chew up
vt sep
(lit)aufessen, fertig essen; (animal)auffressen; pencil etczerkauen; ground, road surfacezerstören; paperzerfressen, zermalmen
(inf, = tell off) → fertigmachen (inf), → runterputzen (inf)


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I can chew up any such milksoppy pup as that, and I will.
I'll put that brute where he won't chew up any more able seamen.
Now, they surely must chew up those old stubs, and dry and sell them for smoking-tobacco.
 
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