chop up
phrasal 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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Small leaves can be placed directly in garden beds, but larger leaves should be chopped up with a mulching mower.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Add chopped up pieces of chocolate and marshmallows on top, and place under the broiler a few minutes until melted and gooey.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who flew on Discovery twice, and Warner also released a video on social media contrasting chopping vegetables to chopping up the space shuttle.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2025
There’s a man standing with an ax, who has just chopped up a custom vintage antique cupboard.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Add chopped up pieces of chocolate and marshmallows on top, and place under the broiler a few minutes until melted and gooey.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who flew on Discovery twice, and Warner also released a video on social media contrasting chopping vegetables to chopping up the space shuttle.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2025
There’s a man standing with an ax, who has just chopped up a custom vintage antique cupboard.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2025
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 3 Nov. 2025.
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