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chew up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb chew up has 1 sense
- chew up(v = verb.communication) bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" is one way to criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot chew up Sue
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