crunch up
Related to crunch up: crunch down
crunch up
To fracture or break someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crunch" and "up." Of course I worry about you riding a motorcycle—people get seriously crunched up in motorcycle accidents! I crunch up some cookies and add them to the icing—that's my secret recipe.
See also: crunch, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
crunch someone or something up
to break someone or something up into pieces. That machine will crunch you up. Stay away from it! A number of blows with the hammer crunched up the rocks into pebbles. Try to crunch the larger chunks up.
See also: crunch, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors
- ask back
- rescue from
- rescue from (someone or something)
- identify with
- attune to
- orient
- orient to
- orient to (something)
- interpret for