Chop Sth Meaning Tree Fall Cutting Base Synonym

Meaning: If you chop down something like a tree, you cause it to fall by cutting through its base.

• chop down sth Why don't you chop down that old tree before it falls on the house?
  
  
• chop sth down My son told me he's very worried about people chopping the forests down because trees produce most of the oxygen we breathe.