censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
If something is chewed up, it has been destroyed or damaged in some way. Every spring the ozone is chewed up, and the hole appears. rebels who are now chewing up Government-held territory This town is notorious for chewing people up and spitting them out
chewed up
Turkish pronunciation
çud ʌp
Pronunciation
/ˈʧo͞od ˈəp/ /ˈʧuːd ˈʌp/
Etymology
[ 'chü ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English chewen, from Old English cEowan; akin to Old High German kiuwan to chew, Russian zhevat'.