chew up

British  

verb

1. to damage or destroy (something) by or as by chewing or grinding

2. slang (usually passive) to cause (a person) to be nervous or worried

   he was all chewed up about the interview

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Example Sentences

Now, they say, that extra money will likely get chewed up by higher gas prices.

From MarketWatch

It smelt of hunter and prey and Fast Wet and tree, all chewed up together, and from it came a high, thin humming: so high that Wolf could only just catch it.

From Literature

But if energy prices continue to rise as the war proceeds, “most of the fiscal tailwind would get chewed up,” he says.

From Barron's

He fetches at least double the number of sticks we need, and chews up half of them.

From Literature

Did you feel like you’d been chewed up by the record industry in any way?

From Los Angeles Times