Meaning of cut to pieces | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To cut, chop, slice etc. so as to form smaller pieces.
2. To utterly defeat or overwhelm.
   idiomatic, transitive

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Examples

“Cut⟳ my life into pieces. This is my last⟳ resort. Suffocation, no breathing, don't give⟳ a fuck if I cut⟳ my arm bleeding.”

“You will be firing down on them, and you can use⟳ everything you have⟳, even mortars. You will cut⟳ them to pieces.”

“Last⟳ time we played Cardiff, in the early 80s, we kicked the fuck out of them, cut⟳ them to pieces.”

“They were hotly pursued by the English, who, having lost but a single vessel in the fight⟳, might have⟳ cut⟳ them to pieces, had not Elizabeth's suicidal economy stinted them in body powder and provisions.”

“Ana could imagine⟳ watching this on TV at home, and how exciting it must be. How gleeful the audience would be, watching Downs cut⟳ them to pieces.”

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