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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The underground as an origin point, a sacred realm, versus the underground as a site to exploit, carve up, burn. Literary Hub, 11 June 2025 There couldn’t have been many Colorado Avalanche fans who thought so last year, when their team was carving up the Winnipeg Jets in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 1 June 2025 Fast-track reform Under British colonial rule, much of Zimbabwe’s territory was carved up and handed out to white settlers. Ish Mafundikwa, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025 And there is more demand to carve up large spaces into smaller units, giving retailers more flexibility to optimize retail spaces toward more convenient and localized shopping experiences. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for carve up

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“Carve up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carve%20up. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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