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chew up

idiom
Meaning

To ruin (especially land), by digging.


Examples
SIMPLE

The heavy trucks chew up the grass in the park.

CONTEXTUAL

The construction vehicles will chew up the garden if they drive across it today.

COMPLEX

The constant movement of heavy machinery began to chew up the landscape, leaving deep ruts across the once pristine meadow.

Anchors to
Related idioms7entries
  1. 01

    bite off more than one can chew

    To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.

  2. 02

    chew off

    To reprimand, to scold

  3. 03

    chew on

    To consider, to ponder.

  4. 04

    chew the cud

    To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.

  5. 05

    chew the meat and spit out the bones

    To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.

  6. 06

    chew the scenery

    To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.

  7. 07

    walk and chew gum at the same time

    To do two normally trivial tasks at the same time; to exhibit basic competence or task-management skills.

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