"chaw up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chaws up [present, singular, third-person], chawing up [participle, present], chawed up [participle, past], chawed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chaw up (third-person singular simple present chaws up, present participle chawing up, simple past and past participle chawed up)
  1. (slang, archaic, transitive) To do for; to finish or use up. Tags: archaic, slang, transitive

Inflected forms

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