CARVE OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Remove from a larger whole

Example:

the new start-up company carved out a large chunk of the market within a year

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "carve out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Establish or create through painstaking effort

Example:

She carved out a reputation among her male colleagues

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "carve out" is one way to...):

create (bring into existence)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something