chisel out

verb

Definitions

  1. To empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel.

  2. To make (something) into an exception

    To make (something) into an exception; to place (a topic) out of consideration.

    • We have to chisel out school funding from the debate.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chisel out. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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