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.

Examples of chew up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Daniels’ 20-yard grab came with 12 seconds left before halftime to give Miami a 14-7 lead, and the Hurricanes chewed up half of the third-quarter clock on another 75-yard drive capped by Brown’s 5-yard run. —Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025

Pests are happy to chew up these papers and constant exposure to heat and humidity will discolor and damage them. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 July 2025

The ocean water turns red, as a (usually unseen) mechanical shark chews up people in the surf or somehow on top of a boat. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 July 2025

Antlers on deer and moose sculptures either deteriorate due to moisture ingress or get chewed up by squirrels. —Paul Nicolaus, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025

Rhymes for chew up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup