carve up

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English

Verb

carve up (third-person singular simple present carves up, present participle carving up, simple past and past participle carved up)

  1. To cut into pieces.
  2. (country, land, etc.) To divide or dismember, separate into parts
    The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I.