chew up

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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.

   The tape got chewed up in the cassette player.

   My dog always chews up my daughter's teddy bears.

2. (idiomatic, transitive) To ruin (especially land), by digging.
3. (US, slang, transitive) To defeat utterly.

   The Yankees chewed up the Dodgers.

4. (transitive, slang) To upset or bother (someone).