Definition of carve out Carve out

We found 4 definitions of carve out from 2 different sources.

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What does carve out mean?

WordNet

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Verb

carve out - remove from a larger whole; "the new start-up company carved out a large chunk of the market within a year"
  take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
carve out - establish or create through painstaking effort; "She carved out a reputation among her male colleagues"
  create create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
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  • carve out (Verb)
    To hollow by carving.
  • carve out (Verb)
    To create a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory by hard work .

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