Carve out

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To hollow by carving. literally, transitive
  2. 2
    remove from a larger whole wordnet
  3. 3
    To create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting. figuratively, transitive

    "[Macbeth][…] with his brandished steel […] carved out his passage."

  4. 4
    establish or create through painstaking effort wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
carvedgrandfatheringhollowed

Example

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"[Macbeth][…] with his brandished steel […] carved out his passage."

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