chop down
Frequency: 7.813.5 per million words
phrasal verb, to make a tree fall by cutting it at the base
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Examples (10)
- The old trees are being chopped down to make way for a new road.
- They had to chop down the diseased elm tree in their backyard.
- The lumberjack can chop down a large pine tree in under an hour.
- Why did you chop down that beautiful cherry blossom tree?
- If we don't prune the branches, we might have to chop the whole tree down later.
- He was arrested for illegally chopping down trees in the national park.
- Before the storm hits, it's safer to chop down any unstable trees near the house.
- The farmer chopped down the old apple tree that no longer produced fruit.
- Environmental groups protested the plan to chop down the ancient forest.
- After the fire, the remaining burnt trees had to be chopped down for safety.