"carve out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-carve out.ogg Forms: carves out [present, singular, third-person], carving out [participle, present], carved out [participle, past], carved out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} carve out (third-person singular simple present carves out, present participle carving out, simple past and past participle carved out)
  1. To hollow by carving. Derived forms: carve-out [noun], carveout [noun]
    Sense id: en-carve_out-en-verb-FVjPqNmX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39
  2. (idiomatic) To create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-carve_out-en-verb-S4Xe-WO- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 52 48

Inflected forms

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