n. 25B6; verb
chop the potatoes into pieces : CUT UP, cut into pieces, chop up, cube, dice; N. Amer. hash.
chopping wood : CHOP UP, cut up, cut into pieces, hew, split.
four fingers were chopped off : SEVER, cut off, hack off, slice off, lop off, saw off, shear off.
they chopped down large areas of rainforest : CUT DOWN, fell, hack down.
(informal) their training courses were chopped : REDUCE DRASTICALLY, cut; abolish, axe, scrap; informal slash.
25A0; the chop (Brit. informal) NOTICE; informal the sack, the boot, the elbow, the push, one's marching orders; Brit. informal one's cards.