carve out (English, verb)
expansion: carve out (third-person singular simple present carves out, present participle carving out, simple past and past participle carved out)
Senses:
glosses: To hollow by carving.
tags: literally
transitive
glosses: To create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting.
tags: figuratively
transitive
Forms:
form: carves out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: carving out
tags: participle
present
form: carved out
tags: participle
past
form: carved out
tags: past