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carve up
verb as in operate
verb as in split
Example Sentences
It was the pack and replacements who stepped up in the second half to help secure a final spot, whereas Canada's backs showed their class by carving up the Black Ferns.
The new map adds a congressional seat in a fast-growing suburban corridor but carves up parts of Houston, Dallas and Austin in ways Democrats argue weaken their representation.
Few are predicting anyone can prevent Italy's Sinner and Spain's Alcaraz from completing another calendar clean sweep, having carved up the past seven majors between them.
The burning question in the men's singles is an obvious one - who can stop Sinner and Spanish second seed Carlos Alcaraz carving up another Grand Slam title between them?
He then invited Putin to a personal Ukraine “summit” in Alaska, as if carving up nations after a meal were a game of Monopoly.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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