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CHOP UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chop up mean? 

CHOP UP (verb)
  The verb CHOP UP has 1 sense:

1. cut into piecesplay

  Familiarity information: CHOP UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHOP UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut into pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

chop; chop up

Context example:

chop meat

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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