Meaning of carve out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To hollow by carving.
   literally, transitive
2. To create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting.
   figuratively, transitive

Examples

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

“Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown.”

“Our movement's roots are intertwined with the movements for Black civil rights and Black power, movements which carved out the contexts, the language, the emotional, legal and strategic footprints for lesbians and gay men to follow in.”

“The hosts went close on several occasions with Victor Obinna and Robbie Keane impressive in the first half, yet they had trouble carving out many clear openings and the defeat leaves them at the bottom of the Premier League on goal difference, two points from safety.”

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