crunch someone or something up

crunch someone or something up
crunch someone or something up
to break someone or something up into pieces. •

That machine will crunch you up. Stay away from it!

A number of blows with the hammer crunched up the rocks into pebbles.

Try to crunch the larger chunks up.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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