chop up
verb
chopped up; chopping up; chops up
: to cut (something) into small pieces
She chopped up the nuts and added them to the cookie dough.
He chopped the onion up for the stew.
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As the caterpillar ingests the leaf, its gut enzymes chop up the plant’s cellular engines and their pieces, including In11, are regurgitated back onto the leaf’s surface, albeit at extremely small concentrations.
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Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
For crunch, chop up some nuts in your food processor and mix them in too.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 1 June 2026
Instead of having a wide open fun environment, the space was too chopped up, and had a completely different vibe.
—George Deeb, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
One element of the plan was to chop up Wasserman Schultz’s current district in southern and western Broward.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026
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Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
For crunch, chop up some nuts in your food processor and mix them in too.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 1 June 2026
Instead of having a wide open fun environment, the space was too chopped up, and had a completely different vibe.
—George Deeb, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
One element of the plan was to chop up Wasserman Schultz’s current district in southern and western Broward.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for chop up
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“Chop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20up. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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