carve out

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to make or create (a career)

   he carved out his own future

Example Sentences

Scotland have tripped, stumbled and stuttered their way through this campaign with all the poise of a sumo wrestler on Strictly Come Dancing, but have managed to carve out positive results.

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De Minaur fought off two break points in the opening game of the semi-final but then failed to convert any of the three he carved out in Sinner's first service game.

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This year it unloaded its GlassRatner professional advisory services firm for $118 million and carved out its B. Riley Securities investment bank into a separate publicly traded company in which it retains a majority stake.

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It seems a miracle that this glorious monument to the pharaoh was carved out of raw granite that was once buried in the ground at Aswan.

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Others seek to carve out a special kind of marriage called “covenant marriage,” which would be restricted to one man and one woman.

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