carve up
to cut (something) into pieces
to divide or dismember (a country, land, etc)
informal an act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition
slang the distribution of something, as of booty
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How to use carve up in a sentence
Her new paradigm leads her to carve up shibboleths and heroes alike.
Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’ Will Change Nothing | Michael Signer | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI hate to carve up a book into parcels, to evaluate art with that crass finality of the food critic judging course after course.
Thomas Pynchon Meets His Match: The Internet | Alexander Nazaryan | September 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf we know the longest and shortest days, we can carve up the year into months based on the seasons.
How Long Is a Year? Is the Earth Slowing Down? And Other Questions About Time | Neil Shubin | January 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRomney and Ron Paul will have Virginia to carve up between themselves because Newt and Santorum failed to make the ballot.
Despite Mitt Romney’s Big Florida Win, the GOP Race Is Not Over | John Avlon | February 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSmooth swung on the officer, ready in his present state of feeling to carve up one or a dozen.
Those Times And These | Irvin S. Cobb
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