Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) (&lit chop down English) 2 (context idiomatic transitive English) To curtail, shorten
WordNet
v. cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree"
Usage examples of "chop down".
Seven Indians detached themselves and rode furiously right at the central core of white men, trying apparently to chop down Mr.
Look, Willy, we're going to chop down the tree before they were rescued.
The next morning, when the Hound went off to chop down trees and haul logs, she crawled back into bed.
He felt a growing urge to chop down the door with his axe, which he never relinquished even on those rare occasions when he found it necessary to wear a disguise.
Danica grasped the torch in both hands and rammed it with an overhead chop down the ghoul's throat.
Harv had had no choice except to chop down all the trees, and during Dinosaur's great battle against the trolls, many of the remaining plants had been torn up.