chop down
To curtail, shorten
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“They decided to chop down the meeting time.”
“The manager had to chop down the project budget after the company lost a major client.”
“To ensure the report remained within the strict page limit, the editor had to chop down several lengthy paragraphs from the final draft.”
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break one's chops
To give someone a hard time, harass, nag one to do something, bother.
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bust chops
To nag; to berate or hound in an effort to elicit action.
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bust one's chops
To exert oneself.
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chopped liver
A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.
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get the chop
To be dismissed from employment.
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lick one's chops
To look forward avidly to eating something.
Last updated August 10, 2026