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Carve Up

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Verb

1. carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up

separate into parts or portions

Example Sentences:
'divide the cake into three equal parts'
'The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Carve Up

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verb (tr, adverb)
1. 
to cut (something) into pieces
2. 
to divide or dismember (a country, land, etc)
noun carve-up
3. informal
an act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition
4. slang
the distribution of something, as of booty
noun informal
1. 
an act of instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition
The surprise defection of the hard Left on the eve of the election has further complicated the carve-up.
How heartbreaking it is to realise that you were beaten by a lesser opponent –largely due to a carve-up by the referee.
2. 
the division or dismembering (a country, land, etc), esp when this seems to be unfair
the British carve-up of Africa
3. 
the distribution of booty, or of the profits from something, esp when this seems to be unfair
the carve-up of Iraq's oil interests
She feared she would be sidelined in any carve-up of her father's fortune.

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