English verb: carve out | |||
1. | carve out (creation) establish or create through painstaking effort | ||
Samples | She carved out a reputation among her male colleagues. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create | ||
2. | carve out (change) remove from a larger whole | ||
Samples | The new start-up company carved out a large chunk of the market within a year. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||