chew up (English, verb)
expansion: chew up (third-person singular simple present chews up, present participle chewing up, simple past and past participle chewed up)
Senses:
glosses: To chew so as to make something pulpy or tangled.
tags: transitive
glosses: To ruin (especially land), by digging.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To defeat utterly.
tags: US
slang
transitive
glosses: To upset or bother (someone).
tags: slang
transitive
Forms:
form: chews up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chewing up
tags: participle
present
form: chewed up
tags: participle
past
form: chewed up
tags: past