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carve-ups

carve-ups is the plural of carve-up.

Meaning of carve-up

Noun

carve-up (plural carve-ups)

  1. (informal) The act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition.
  2. (slang) The distribution of something, as of money or booty.
    • In the colonial carve-up that followed, lines were drawn between the port cities of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam and the island of Zanzibar.2012, The Economist, The Swahili coast: Contagion of discontent

Questions about carve-ups

What is carve-ups the plural of?
Carve-ups is the plural of carve-up.

Words near carve-ups in the dictionary

  1. carve out
  2. carve up
  3. carve-out
  4. carve-outs
  5. carve-up
  6. carve-ups
  7. carveability
  8. carveable
  9. carved
  10. carved in stone
  11. carved out

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