chop something off
chop away

"It was a hell of a shot with somebody chopping away at you."

The guys in the other hull had torn off the little legs and chopped away the head.

By the end of 1999, more and more trees had been chopped away.

But the Dodgers chopped away at the lead and went ahead with two runs in the ninth.

For this, parts of reefs are often chopped away to clear a path.

Chop away at the back of the cage, would you.

He chopped away until the creature slithered to the ground and stopped moving.

Then when she's driving, I can be in the back chopping away on my laptop.

But no point chopping away at them if they're only innocent travelers.

Marie and the red chopped away at each other with intense fire until the range was very short, nearly point-blank.