chop down

verb

chopped down; chopping down; chops down

: to cut (a tree, bush, etc.) at the bottom so that it falls to the ground

He chopped the tree down.

She chopped down some thick grape vines.

Examples of chop down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The bridge’s new footprint — as well as construction staging demands — would require chopping down about a third of the 120 trees in the project area, including towering cottonwoods and Ponderosa pines in Barber Park. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026

O’Herrin notes that chopping down the offending tree is not going solve your issue in the long term. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026

By the early 1990s, 90 percent of the Willamette’s old-growth forests had already been chopped down and rendered into sundecks and pleasure boats. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

The golden opportunity for the team sporting its famous canary yellow jerseys came when Matheus Cunha got chopped down in the box in the 11th minute. — Andy Clayton, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

Rhymes for chop down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown