chew up
verb- 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.
- To ruin (especially land), by digging.
- To defeat utterly. · The Yankees chewed up the Dodgers.
- To upset or bother (someone).
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