"chisel out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chisels out [present, singular, third-person], chiseling out [US, participle, present], chiselling out [Commonwealth, participle, present], chiseled out [US, participle, past], chiseled out [US, past], chiselled out [Commonwealth, participle, past], chiselled out [Commonwealth, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|chisel<,􂀿US􂁀:++􂀿Commonwealth􂁀,􂀿US􂁀:++􂀿Commonwealth􂁀> out}} chisel out (third-person singular simple present chisels out, present participle (US) chiseling out or (Commonwealth) chiselling out, simple past and past participle (US) chiseled out or (Commonwealth) chiselled out)
  1. (transitive, literally) To empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel. Tags: literally, transitive
    Sense id: en-chisel_out-en-verb-RC5NF~X-
  2. (transitive) To make (something) into an exception; to place (a topic) out of consideration. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-chisel_out-en-verb-0ztNBwV7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83
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        "To empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel."
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        "(transitive, literally) To empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel."
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          "text": "We have to chisel out school funding from the debate.",
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        "To make (something) into an exception; to place (a topic) out of consideration."
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        "(transitive) To make (something) into an exception; to place (a topic) out of consideration."
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        "To empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel."
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        "(transitive, literally) To empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel."
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        "To make (something) into an exception; to place (a topic) out of consideration."
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        "(transitive) To make (something) into an exception; to place (a topic) out of consideration."
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