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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After all, a 7,000-pound curb weight Rivian R1T chews up infrastructure a lot faster than a Chevrolet Bolt.
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Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
There was also concern about damage caused to city streets by heavy armor, so the vehicles remained immobile, on display, so as not to chew up pavement.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Those questions lead this rogue’s gallery of characters — whose frequent disagreements supply much of film’s clever humor — to join up with an audience favorite, the bearish Red Guardian (David Harbour, chewing up the part like a pro).
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
With that in mind, the final projections from AFP Analytics that were recently released suggest that cap space will get chewed up pretty quickly.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 May 2025
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Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
There was also concern about damage caused to city streets by heavy armor, so the vehicles remained immobile, on display, so as not to chew up pavement.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Those questions lead this rogue’s gallery of characters — whose frequent disagreements supply much of film’s clever humor — to join up with an audience favorite, the bearish Red Guardian (David Harbour, chewing up the part like a pro).
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
With that in mind, the final projections from AFP Analytics that were recently released suggest that cap space will get chewed up pretty quickly.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 May 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 12 Jul. 2025.
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