chew up and spit out
English
Verb
- (transitive) To deal with (a person) harshly and abruptly.
- 2007, Jerry Walker, Get Up and Get Moving (page 36)
- They will chew you up and spit you out unless you come to the war fully prepared, armed and ready with the intentions of winning the war.
- 2015, Angie Caterson, The Polka Dots and the Greedy Venture: Book 6: Spirits of Australia
- […] all he could see was a huge gaping mouth of swirling, churning water ready to chew him up and spit him out.
- 2007, Jerry Walker, Get Up and Get Moving (page 36)
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