chop up

Example Sentences

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“You cannot chop up ‘NCIS’ or ‘CSI’ in the same way,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

I’ll still chop up some vegetables to snack on with hummus, or cook off an extra pot of grains to stretch into chilled salads.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

And then I just chop up some shallots, do some black sesame seed and mix the Fly by Jing sauce in.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2024

As a result, money was in short supply so people would chop up the "highly pure" silver pennies to make change.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2023

At the lumber mill they chop up trees that end up getting turned into furniture and houses.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper