"chop it up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chops it up [present, singular, third-person], chopping it up [participle, present], chopped it up [participle, past], chopped it up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chop it up (third-person singular simple present chops it up, present participle chopping it up, simple past and past participle chopped it up)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chop up.
    Sense id: en-chop_it_up-en-verb-H-PxNfhz
  2. (African-American Vernacular, slang) To catch up with a person, especially after a long time apart. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-chop_it_up-en-verb-vFZoqB03 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 16 84

Inflected forms

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