chew something up

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

chew sth up phrasal verb before or after object [ chews sth up chewing sth up chewed sth up chewed sth up chewed sth up ]
If a machine chews up something that you have put inside it, it damages or destroys it
• Your tape deck has chewed up my cassette!
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Destroying and demolishing ↑Damaging and spoiling
Main entry: chew_{phrasal verb}