carve up

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.

Examples of carve up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Maye carved up the Las Vegas defense all afternoon and finished with 374 passing yards, four touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Former Fox Sports talk-show host Skip Bayless watched Mahomes carve up the Colts defense with amazement. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Pierre, a towering presence already at 18, has broken through in Philadelphia for the youthful Union, who are carving up MLS. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

The Trojans were largely excellent on both sides of the ball, with Maiava carving up the Bulldogs' secondary and the USC defense showing more capability after a vanilla opener. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for carve up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup