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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Pests are happy to chew up these papers and constant exposure to heat and humidity will discolor and damage them.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Or the old home of the American Folk Art Museum, whose bronze Williams and Tsien façade was chewed up in 2014 by MoMA, which had decided this disagreed with the house style of grids and glass.
—Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The hosts were rolled, sliced, diced, chewed up and spit back out again.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
And the Vibram outsole isn’t going to get chewed up on trails anytime soon.
—Outside, 9 Dec. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Or the old home of the American Folk Art Museum, whose bronze Williams and Tsien façade was chewed up in 2014 by MoMA, which had decided this disagreed with the house style of grids and glass.
—Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The hosts were rolled, sliced, diced, chewed up and spit back out again.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
And the Vibram outsole isn’t going to get chewed up on trails anytime soon.
—Outside, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Chew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chew%20up. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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