chew off

phrasal verb

chewed off; chewing off; chews off
: to remove (something) by chewing
The dog chewed the doll's eyes off.

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Little bits of anguish showing you how to distinguish foot from earth from star from song to chew off and on. — Oli Hazzard, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2024 Few scenes throughout the history of television and movies capture NYC better than the one in which Homer tries to remove the boot on his car by chewing off one of the bolts. — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024

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