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Meanings of chop down in English

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Usage of chop down in English
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How do you chop down a tree in an environmentally friendly way?
The Guardian
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Parents who chop down trees in the forest or go out shopping.
A bridge to the stars
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Now they chop down young trees, and carry faggots to the fires.
The Scalp Hunters
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Their axes were too small to chop down so big a tree.
Stories of American Life and Adventure
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If I wanted a board, I had to chop down a tree.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction
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Cutter often threatened to chop down the cedar trees which half-buried the house.
My Antonia
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But the hatchet is sharp enough to chop down this tree.
The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge
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They had brought axes with them to chop down the stump.
Thirty Indian Legends
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They chop down the thin, 7-foot-high tree, and carry it back to camp.
Reuters
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Maybe I should go and chop down horizons in a forest of paragraphs.
The eye of the leopard
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If I owned this land I would chop down every tree.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
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The absurdity of the armed needing to chop down the unarmed, or else.
Ebony
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The Tar Heels used their size to chop down Chattanooga.
Reuters
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One could chop down an oak tree in a day.
The Guardian
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If you cannot find one, chop down a cedar tree.
Outdoor Sports and Games
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I didn't chop down my bridges behind me, as you seem to have done.
The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders; Or, the Fighting Canadians...
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