chop up
phr. v..phr. v.. to cut something into many small pieces using a knife or a sharp tool.
phr. v.. to divide a solid object, typically food or wood, into multiple smaller fragments through repeated cutting or hacking motions.
Please chop up the onions for the soup.
After the storm, we had to chop up the fallen branches to clear the driveway.
The chef demonstrated how to chop up the herbs finely to ensure their oils were fully released into the sauce.
commonly used with food items or wood; the object can go between 'chop' and 'up'.
contrast with 'slice' (thin, even pieces) or 'dice' (small cubes); 'chop up' is more general and implies less precision.
Chop up it into pieces.Chop it up into pieces.when using a pronoun like 'it' or 'them', it must go between the verb and the particle.