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chews up

chews up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chew up.

Meaning of chew up

Verb

chew up (third-person singular simple present chews up, present participle chewing up, simple past and past participle chewed up)

  1. (transitive) To chew so as to make something pulpy or tangled.
    • She had to chew up the food for him because his teeth are too small.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To ruin (especially land), by digging.
  3. (US, slang, transitive) To defeat utterly.
    • The Yankees chewed up the Dodgers.
  4. (slang, transitive) To upset or bother (someone).

Questions about chews up

What is chews up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chews up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chew up.

Words near chews up in the dictionary

  1. chews over
  2. chews the cud
  3. chews the fat
  4. chews the meat and spits out the bones
  5. chews the scenery
  6. chews up
  7. chews up and spits out
  8. Chewsday
  9. Chewsdays
  10. chewstick
  11. chewsticks

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