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CHOP DOWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut down

Example:

George chopped down the cherry tree

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "chop down" is one way to...):

cut down; drop; fell; strike down (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They chop down the trees

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