"chew up" meaning in English

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      "form": "chewing up",
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      "form": "chewed up",
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          "text": "She had to chew up the food for him because his teeth are too small.",
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          "text": "The tape got chewed up in the cassette player.",
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        {
          "text": "My dog always chews up my daughter's teddy bears.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To chew so as to make something pulpy or tangled."
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        "(transitive) To chew so as to make something pulpy or tangled."
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      "glosses": [
        "To ruin (especially land), by digging."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, transitive) To ruin (especially land), by digging."
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          "text": "The Yankees chewed up the Dodgers.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To defeat utterly."
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        "(US, slang, transitive) To defeat utterly."
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      "glosses": [
        "To upset or bother (someone)."
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        "(transitive, slang) To upset or bother (someone)."
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      "form": "chews up",
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    {
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      "form": "chewed up",
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        "(transitive) To chew so as to make something pulpy or tangled."
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        "To ruin (especially land), by digging."
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        "(idiomatic, transitive) To ruin (especially land), by digging."
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        "To defeat utterly."
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        "(US, slang, transitive) To defeat utterly."
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        "To upset or bother (someone)."
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