chop down

1. (transitive)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chop, down.

   chop down a tree

   fällen

   зруба́тиzrubáty, зру́буватиzrúbuvaty

2. (idiomatic, transitive)To curtail, shorten

   In the final edit, the film was chopped down to two hours.

3. (dated, slang, transitive)To attack (someone) with a knife; to kill (someone), especially by shooting with an automatic weapon.

1. I'm going to chop this tree down.

   ruЯ собираюсь срубить это дерево. — odexed

   deDiesen Baum werde ich fällen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Tom wasn't the one who chopped those trees down.

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3. Tom wasn't the one who chopped down those trees.

   ruЭти деревья рубил не Том. — BW

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4. Tom was the one who chopped down that tree.

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5. Tom chopped down the tree that was behind the garage.

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• chop downзрубати, зрубуватиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chop, down.
• chop upTo cut or chop (meat, etc.) into separate pieces.
• chop offTo sever by chopping or as if by chopping.
• chop outTo remove by chopping.