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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But as Americans found out on Oct. 20 when bulldozers began chewing up the East Wing, there were gaps in the details.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
From there, the 49ers chewed up the clock, marched downfield, and, on third-and-13, Mac Jones delivered a 17-yard completion to McCaffery to the 4-yard line.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
With longtime Penn State starting quarterback Drew Allar out for the season with an injury, redshirt freshman Ethan Grunkemeyer directed a 16-play, fourth-quarter drive that chewed up 8 minutes and 21 seconds and pushed Penn State’s advantage to five points.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Starting quarterback Drake Lindsey will be relied upon in this one to try to speed up the pace and keep Nebraska from chewing up the clock.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
From there, the 49ers chewed up the clock, marched downfield, and, on third-and-13, Mac Jones delivered a 17-yard completion to McCaffery to the 4-yard line.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
With longtime Penn State starting quarterback Drew Allar out for the season with an injury, redshirt freshman Ethan Grunkemeyer directed a 16-play, fourth-quarter drive that chewed up 8 minutes and 21 seconds and pushed Penn State’s advantage to five points.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Starting quarterback Drake Lindsey will be relied upon in this one to try to speed up the pace and keep Nebraska from chewing up the clock.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 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 5 Nov. 2025.
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