carve somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb (see also carve)

1. to divide land, a company etc into smaller parts and share it between people – used especially to show disapproval:
The Ottoman Empire was carved up by Britain and France after World War I.
The two companies are attempting to carve up a large slice of America’s publishing industry between them.

2. British English informal to drive past a car and then suddenly move in front of it so that you are too close

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ˈcarve-up noun [singular] informal
an arrangement between two or more people, governments etc by which they divide something among themselves even though this is wrong

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carve up
carve up (something)
to divide something into parts.
The new owner carved up the company and sold off several divisions.

Local leaders have carved up the forest and turned the land over to a company that built homes on it.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

carve up something
carve up (something)
to divide something into parts.
The new owner carved up the company and sold off several divisions.

Local leaders have carved up the forest and turned the land over to a company that built homes on it.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲