cut and carve

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English

Verb

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

  1. To refine; to decide how to apportion.
    Synonym: slice and dice
    • 1813, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803:
      Vote largely from the sinking fund for the payment of your debts, and let the ministry cut and carve the remainder as they please;