- carve someone up
- informal slash someone with a knife or other sharp object
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
carve someone up
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carve someone up — informal aggressively overtake another driver. → carve … English new terms dictionary
carve up — 1) PHRASAL VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone carves something up, you disapprove of the way they have divided it into small parts. [V P n (not pron)] He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing... [V… … English dictionary
carve — verb 1》 cut into or shape (a hard material) in order to produce an object or design. ↘produce (an object or design) by carving. 2》 cut (cooked meat) into slices for eating. 3》 (carve something out) develop a career, reputation, etc. through… … English new terms dictionary
carve — [ka:v US ka:rv] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(make object or pattern)¦ 2¦(cut something into a surface)¦ 3¦(cut meat)¦ 4¦(job/position/life)¦ 5¦(water/wind)¦ 6¦(reduce something)¦ Phrasal verbs carve somebody/something<=>up ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin:… … Dictionary of contemporary English
carve — [ karv ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make an object by cutting it from stone or wood: He carved a statue of her out of an old log. a ) transitive to produce a pattern or writing on the surface of something by cutting it: She carved… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
carve — verb 1 (I, T) to cut a large piece of cooked meat into smaller pieces using a big knife: Carve the lamb into slices and arrange in a hot serving dish. 2 (T) to cut shapes out of solid wood or stone: Michelangelo carved this figure from a single… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
carve up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms carve up : present tense I/you/we/they carve up he/she/it carves up present participle carving up past tense carved up past participle carved up 1) to divide something such as land between different people or… … English dictionary
carve-up — n British 1. a swindle or conspiracy that ruins one s chances. A rueful London working class term probably inspired by a greedy carving up of a chicken or joint of meat and the use of carve to mean slash (someone) with a knife. The word was… … Contemporary slang
carve — vb British to attack with a knife, to slash or cut (someone). From the vernacular of thugs, street gangs and professional criminals. ► They threatened to carve him. ► She got carved … Contemporary slang
cut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incise, carve, dissect, slice, shave, trim, shape; separate, divide, split, sever; abridge, shorten, diminish, reduce, curtail; hurt, sting, wound, snub, ignore; reap, gather. See disjunction,… … English dictionary for students
