Search Result for "carve out":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. establish or create through painstaking effort;
- Example: "She carved out a reputation among her male colleagues"

2. remove from a larger whole;
- Example: "the new start-up company carved out a large chunk of the market within a year"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

carve out
    v 1: establish or create through painstaking effort; "She carved
         out a reputation among her male colleagues"
    2: remove from a larger whole; "the new start-up company carved
       out a large chunk of the market within a year"