chop down

phrasal verb

chopped down; chopping down; chops down

: to cut (a tree, bush, etc.) at the bottom so that it falls to the ground

He chopped the tree down.

She chopped down some thick grape vines.

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Mike recommends getting a wreath for Christmas instead of chopping down a tree. —

Lauren Goode, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023 Those bats had begun foraging in orchards and swine farms because people had chopped down their forest habitats. Urbanization, deforestation, and hunting will continue to bring humans into contact with wild species potentially bearing wild new diseases. —

IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2015 If it was chopped down, Reeder could lie across the stump with more than a foot to spare. —

April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024 Not least because the Italian coach's first job was to face down some of the club's biggest egos as the unwieldy squad was chopped down to size. —

Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chop down