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

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

Plans now call for 28 heavy Abrams tanks chewing up Pennsylvania Avenue, 6,600 soldiers, 50 helicopters, fireworks and the Golden Knights parachutists. —Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2025

Known for chewing up even the steadiest of players, this championship is golf's ultimate test. —Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 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