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CHOP UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut into pieces

Example:

chop meat

Synonyms:

chop; chop up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chop up"):

hash (chop up)

mince (cut into small pieces)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs chop up the vegetables

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