chew someone or something up

chew someone or something up
chew someone or something up
to damage or ruin someone or something by pinching, grinding, biting, etc. •

Stay away from the mower blade or it will chew you up.

The lawn mower chewed up the flowers.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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