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

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

Wallace will chew up agile guards as fellow hound Lu Dort handles larger playmakers. —Fred Katz, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025

Foreign allies may not provide the help needed, but a fleet of scout/bomber quadcopters with precision weapons could rapidly chew up a Russian invasion. Follow me on Twitter. —David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025

Rhymes for chew up

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