chisel out (English, verb)
expansion: chisel out (third-person singular simple present chisels out, present participle (US) chiseling out or (UK) chiselling out, simple past and past participle (US) chiseled out or (UK) chiselled out)
Senses:
glosses: To empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel.
tags: literally
transitive
glosses: To make (something) into an exception; to place (a topic) out of consideration.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: chisels out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chiseling out
tags: US
participle
present
form: chiselling out
tags: UK
participle
present
form: chiseled out
tags: US
participle
past
form: chiseled out
tags: US
past
form: chiselled out
tags: UK
participle
past
form: chiselled out
tags: UK
past