CARVE UP


Meaning of CARVE UP in English

If you say that someone carves something up , you disapprove of the way they have divided it into small parts.

He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing...

They have begun carving the country up like a pie.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P [ disapproval ]

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