chop down
verb- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chop, down. · chop down a tree
- To curtail, shorten · In the final edit, the film was chopped down to two hours.
- To attack (someone) with a knife; to kill (someone), especially by shooting with an automatic weapon.
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So the Woodman took his axe and began to chop down small trees to make a raft, and while he was busy at this the Scarecrow found on the riverbank a tree full of fine fruit.
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