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chop (down)

verb

Definition of chop (down)

as in to cut (down)

to bring down by cutting we have to chop down that tree out front before it falls on the house

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mow

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Instead, lawn-mowing machines shred them, leaving plastic fragments in the soil for a very long time.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026
Soil fertility is mostly beside the point, and even an inconvenience, since lawns have to be mowed, leaves blown into piles, and pollen hosed off windshields in the spring.

— James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of mow

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chop-chop

chop (down)

chophouse

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