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carve up

verb

  1. to cut (something) into pieces

  2. to divide or dismember (a country, land, etc)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. informalan act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition

  2. slangthe distribution of something, as of booty

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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ever the outcome on Sunday, Alcaraz and Sinner will have carved up the past six majors between them as they assert themselves in the post 'Big Three' era.

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Spirit's wider global business is being carved up between Boeing and Airbus, the world's largest aircraft manufacturers.

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Trump may have half-listened while Musk or Vance or some other genius underling laid out a crackbrained scheme for weaponizing Europe’s social and political divisions in order to carve up the continent.

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The three dictators will meet to share a meal as they carve up the world’s spoils for themselves.

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Trump’s deep vision for international relations is to carve up the globe among the U.S.,

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