chew off

chew off

To separate something from something else by biting or gnawing. A noun or pronoun can be used between "'chew" and "off." Our new puppy is lucky he's so adorable, because he's already chewed the leg off our nightstand.
See also: chew, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

chew something off something

 and chew something off
to bite or gnaw something off something. The puppy chewed the heel off my shoe. The puppy chewed off the heel and mangled the tongue.
See also: chew, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • add in
  • all right
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a horse of another
  • a horse of another color
  • a horse of another colour
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a slew of (something)
  • a whack at (something)
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In a (https://www.ibtimes.com/starving-chained-dog-ate-own-foot-survive-owners-charged-2739562) similar incident last month, a Great Dane dog that was forced to chew off his own foot to survive was rescued by an animal shelter in South Carolina.
They also chew off wire coating, adding to the danger.
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When an animal is caught in a trap it has three choices: it can chew off its leg to escape, starve to death, or wait to be killed by the trapper.
"The first time Mike bit me I was so furious I was going to chew off his whole ear not just a portion," Holyfield told me.
Southern ground crickets take it a step further--females mount the male, chew off part of his leg (shown) and sip his circulatory fluids.
"I'd chew off my own arm to get a bronze medal," she added.
New York, July 2 ( ANI ): A drunken bus driver was detained in China after he attacked a woman in her car and tried to chew off her face during an attack on Tuesday afternoon.
"It's a big bite to chew off, and these customers are used to different things."
I chew off all the tiny pink rings, then the blues, the
Now, excuse me while I chew off your fat head." Romance, evidently, is not all red roses and unicorns no matter who--or what--you are.
"A distinct advantage of the tub grinder is the ability when grinding extra-large pieces of material to chew off what it can handle and let the remainder move on to the next round," he says.
These boys chew off their lips, chew their fingers to bloody stubs.
It is haunting and thrilling and should be read with munches close by so that readers aren't tempted to chew off their nails.
Edward Hoagland's effulgent and nostalgic memory of a creek, a pond, and boyhood resonates among many of my colleagues--anthropologists, naturalists, observers--all in their sixties and seventies who remember childhoods tinged with unfettered exploration; with local opportunities to observe, wonder, and live daily, carrying questions home to the dinner table: "Why do massive flocks of blackbirds hover, swirl, change course after hours of flight, and finally settle?" "Why did the muskrat chew off his leg to free himself from my trap?" "Why do coyotes eat my cats?" ["Small Silences," Folio, July].