crunch down

crunch down

To crush or flatten something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crunch" and "down." I crunched down the soda can and tossed it in the recycling bin. Gee, thanks for sitting on my model of a volcano—it's totally crunched down now! Ah! Crunch down that bug before it gets any closer!

See also: crunch, down

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crunch something down

to press or crush something down, breaking it with a crunching noise. Sally crunched the flower pot down, breaking it. She crunched down the fragile glass in the box accidentally.

See also: crunch, down

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