chew up

verb(tr, adverb)

to damage or destroy (something) by or as by chewing or grinding
(usually passive) slang to cause (a person) to be nervous or worried: he was all chewed up about the interview

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How to use chew up in a sentence

Now I'm not above assigning the occasional hack piece in a class to let my students chew up and spit out.
Hagel the Academic Hack | Justin Green | January 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Typically produced by a writer not ready for a first novel, they are easy to chew up, digest, and forget about in the morning.
Great Weekend Reads | The Daily Beast | November 13, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
A new fuss over the public option would necessarily return health care to the front-burner and chew up a bunch of time.
The Public Option's Last Stand | Matthew Yglesias | February 20, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
They wanted me to go off in the woods somewhere 'n' chew up my soul all alone, 'n' I've fooled 'em,—we all have!
Notes of an Itinerant Policeman | Josiah Flynt
It will also chew up everything within reach and the traps must be well fastened.
Science of Trapping | Elmer Harry Kreps

A neighbor's goat had taken advantage of his absence to chew up a pillowcase and two aprons.
Ole Mammy's Torment | Annie Fellows Johnston
De 'bacca worms an' de grasshoppas is a-gwine to chew up all de terbacca befo' men gits a chawnce at it.
The Master of Warlock | George Cary Eggleston
In the United States the men chew up and smoke one hundred millions of dollars' worth of tobacco every year.
The Wedding Ring | T. De Witt Talmage

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