hew down

hew down

To cut something down, typically a tree. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hew" and "down." If we're going to build houses here, then we need to hew down a lot of these trees. I can't believe the city hewed down that little park just to build one more store we don't need. We had to hew down that tree—it was liable to fall on the house the next time a storm came through!

See also: down, hew

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hew something down

to fell something wooden, usually a tree. We will have to hew most of this forest down. They hewed down the tree.

See also: down, hew

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