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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

chew up and spit out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To deal with (a person) harshly and abruptly.
    • […] all he could see was a huge gaping mouth of swirling, churning water ready to chew him up and spit him out. 2015, Angie Caterson, The Polka Dots and the Greedy Venture: Book 6: Spirits of Australia:
    • They will chew you up and spit you out unless you come to the war fully prepared, armed and ready with the intentions of winning the war. 2007, Jerry Walker, Get Up and Get Moving, page 36:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chewed up and spat out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chewed up and spat out Tense=Past lexicographic
chewing up and spitting out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chews up and spits out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
chewed up and spit out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chewed up and spit out Tense=Past lexicographic