chop
Example Sentences
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Low-value cars like mine often end up in "chop shops", shady workshops where they're broken up for second-hand components that sell for a fraction of the hefty prices charged for manufacturers' originals.
From BBC
Pressure to cut costs puts local TV news gathering in small and rural markets on the chopping block.
De Angelis and Waltz are also a hoot together, she as a heaving, hissing vampire bride who can’t stop licking her chops, he as a bone-dry vampire hunter dedicated to his investigation.
From Los Angeles Times
“One watermelon? I think we could call it even if you and your friends could give me an hour or two of chopping wood this week.”
From Literature
But his anger with the dragon dimmed when he remembered the pork chops he'd eaten for supper the night before.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
