chop down
phrasal 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.
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The story goes that the people on the remote island chopped down all the trees to build massive stone statues, triggering a population collapse.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
But trees are chopped down all the time, sometimes to be made into paper, the substance on which photos are most often printed.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
But that cushion, which the guardrails system normally would use to pay down the state’s pension debt, could get chopped down considerably if the governor endorses his fellow Democrats’ plans.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2024
The narrator chops down the trees to use their foliage to knit clothing.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 24 May 2024
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
But trees are chopped down all the time, sometimes to be made into paper, the substance on which photos are most often printed.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
But that cushion, which the guardrails system normally would use to pay down the state’s pension debt, could get chopped down considerably if the governor endorses his fellow Democrats’ plans.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2024
The narrator chops down the trees to use their foliage to knit clothing.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 24 May 2024
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“Chop down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20down. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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