chop down (English, verb)
expansion: chop down (third-person singular simple present chops down, present participle chopping down, simple past and past participle chopped down)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chop, down.
tags: transitive
glosses: To curtail, shorten
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To attack (someone) with a knife; to kill (someone), especially by shooting with an automatic weapon.
tags: dated
slang
transitive
Forms:
form: chops down
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chopping down
tags: participle
present
form: chopped down
tags: participle
past
form: chopped down
tags: past