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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 | ||
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