chop up
To cut something into lots of small pieces, like when you chop vegetables for cooking
Meanings
To cut food into smaller pieces for cooking
"Please chop up the carrots and onions before adding them to the pot."
To cut or break something large (such as wood or furniture) into smaller parts
"He spent the afternoon chopping up fallen trees after the storm."
To divide something (such as land, a company, or a text) into smaller sections (figurative)
"The developers chopped up the old estate into dozens of smaller plots."
Very common in cooking contexts. Can also be used informally about destroying or damaging something. 'Chop up' suggests the result is many pieces, whereas 'chop off' implies removing one piece. The object can be split: 'chop the onion up' or kept together: 'chop up the onion'.
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