chew off

chew off

To separate something from something else by biting or gnawing. A noun or pronoun can be used between "'chew" and "off." Our new puppy is lucky he's so adorable, because he's already chewed the leg off our nightstand. A: "What's up with this mangled doll?" B: "I don't know why, but my daughter delights in chewing off her Barbie dolls' feet." Ugh, the deer keep getting into my garden, and they chew my tomatoes right off their stems!
See also: chew, off
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chew something off something

 and chew something off
to bite or gnaw something off something. The puppy chewed the heel off my shoe. The puppy chewed off the heel and mangled the tongue.
See also: chew, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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