Idiom
chew up
Meaning
To ruin (especially land), by digging.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The heavy trucks chew up the grass in the park.”
“The construction vehicles will chew up the garden if they drive across it today.”
“The constant movement of heavy machinery began to chew up the landscape, leaving deep ruts across the once pristine meadow.”
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.”
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