cut and carve

English

Verb

cut and carve (third-person singular simple present cuts and carves, present participle cutting and carving, simple past and past participle cut and carved)

1. To refine; to decide how to apportion.

   Synonym: slice and dice

   • 1813, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803:

     Vote largely from the sinking fund for the payment of your debts, and let the ministry cut and carve the remainder as they please; […]