chisel out
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[edit]Verb
[edit]chisel out (third-person singular simple present chisels out, present participle (US) chiseling out or (Commonwealth) chiselling out, simple past and past participle (US) chiseled out or (Commonwealth) chiselled out)
- (transitive, literally) To empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel.
- (transitive) To make (something) into an exception; to place (a topic) out of consideration.
- We have to chisel out school funding from the debate.