verb
1. establish or create through painstaking effort
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She carved out a reputation among her male colleagues
• Hypernyms: ↑create
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. remove from a larger whole
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the new start-up company carved out a large chunk of the market within a year
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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carve out
1. To cut out
2. To make or create by one's own efforts (figurative)
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Main Entry: ↑carve
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ˌcarve ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they carve out he/she/it carves out present participle carving out past tense carved out past participle carved out] phrasal verb
to develop a career or position for yourself by working hard
It can be difficult to carve out a niche in the fashion industry.
Thesaurus: to start a career or new job, or to move to a new positionsynonym applying and interviewing for jobshyponym
Main entry: carve
Useful english dictionary. 2012.