chew up

verb

1. to damage or destroy (something) by or as by chewing or grinding
2. slang.
   usually passive to cause (a person) to be nervous or worried

   he was all chewed up about the interview

Example Sentences

It chewed up 10 minutes and 29 seconds, but ended in a field goal.

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Another was chewed up, or trampled, or both, by a cow.

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County, the Bridge fire quickly chewed up 800 acres Sunday and had Angeles Forest visitors and some residents fleeing the flames.

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County, the Bridge fire quickly chewed up 800 acres and had Angeles Forest visitors and some local residents fleeing the flames.

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Tudyk says, “When you’re playing with somebody great like Edi, you luck into these moments. For one take I said to her, ‘Please chew up some sunflower seeds and spit them into my mouth.’

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