carve up
phrasal verb
carved up; carving up; carves up
usually disapproving
: to divide something into small parts
The once beautiful countryside has been carved up by developers.
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Their lack of a pass rush — no sacks for the second straight game — allowed Dallas QB Dak Prescott and his talented wide receivers to carve up Kansas City’s secondary.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Dec. 2025
That's partly because Indianapolis would no longer be one compact district, but would be carved up into four sprawling districts.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 1 Dec. 2025
And so, as things sit right now, the districts that were carved up by the legislature in special session this summer are the districts that people will run in.
—Jack Fink, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
By the 1960s, generations of boarders had carved up the original interiors, and a young couple saw an opportunity.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Nov. 2025
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Dec. 2025
That's partly because Indianapolis would no longer be one compact district, but would be carved up into four sprawling districts.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 1 Dec. 2025
And so, as things sit right now, the districts that were carved up by the legislature in special session this summer are the districts that people will run in.
—Jack Fink, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
By the 1960s, generations of boarders had carved up the original interiors, and a young couple saw an opportunity.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Carve up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carve%20up. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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