hack down

hack down

To remove something, typically a tree, by cutting it down. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hack" and "down." The landscaper came and hacked down the tree that was leaning precariously over our roof.
See also: down, hack
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hack something down

to chop something down. Who hacked this cherry tree down? Who hacked down this cherry tree?
See also: down, hack
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • ask down
  • bear down
  • chop down
  • brush down
  • batter
  • batter down
  • chow down
  • chow something down
  • clunk
  • clunk down
References in periodicals archive
Barnet were reduced to 10 men when goalkeeper Shane Gore was sent off after rushing out to hack down Carlton, but for all their late invention, Morecambe could not find a winner.
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Each year, at Christmas, all the liveries hack down to the local pub, the Cholmondeley Arms, and the owners enjoy a snack lunch and a toddy.
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He used a chain-saw to hack down the tree after a dare by drunken friends.
XMAS GETS THE CHOP
It's more than brawn to hack down trees really quick.
The Wisconsin Shelf
Changes to European Union rules on agricultural subsidy claims are forcing farmers to hack down hedgerows, seriously threatening birds, butterflies and wild flowers, officials with Worcestershire Wildlife Trust claim.
Euro threat to hedgerow wildlife
More than a tragically impaired sense of moral perception is implied here as I watch the local householder hack down the holly tree in his backyard.
The holly tree
Firefighters had to hack down branches to reach the man, who lives in Wolvecote, Oxfordshire, and was trapped for at least an hour and a half.
Glider pilot is rescued from tree