chew up
phrasal verb
chewed up; chewing up; chews up
1
: to destroy (something) by chewing it
My new puppy chewed up my shoes.
2
informal
: to destroy or defeat (someone or something)
The truck chewed up the grass.
They chewed the competition up.
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The drug was developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Chugai, which had found a way to put some of the weight-loss features of the incretins into an oral form that wouldn’t lose all its potency and get chewed up by the acids in the stomach and digestive system.
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Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Run games chewed up the defense all season, averaging 4.8 yards per carry with significant damage done outside and before contact.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Deadly Israeli raids and drone strikes in the northern West Bank over the past year have chewed up streets and left many Palestinian civilians in fear.
—Fatima Abdulkarim, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Esposito went on to explain how the puppy chewed up his furniture, which led him to raise his voice at both his daughter and the dog.
—Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Run games chewed up the defense all season, averaging 4.8 yards per carry with significant damage done outside and before contact.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Deadly Israeli raids and drone strikes in the northern West Bank over the past year have chewed up streets and left many Palestinian civilians in fear.
—Fatima Abdulkarim, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Esposito went on to explain how the puppy chewed up his furniture, which led him to raise his voice at both his daughter and the dog.
—Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chew up
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“Chew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chew%20up. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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