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chiselling out

chiselling out is the present participle and gerund of chisel out.

Meaning of chisel out

Verb

chisel out (third-person singular simple present chisels out, present participle (US) chiseling out or (UK) chiselling out, simple past and past participle (US) chiseled out or (UK) chiselled out)

  1. (literally, transitive) To empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel.
  2. (transitive) To make (something) into an exception; to place (a topic) out of consideration.
    • We have to chisel out school funding from the debate.

Questions about chiselling out

What is chiselling out the present participle and gerund of?
Chiselling out is the present participle and gerund of chisel out.

Words near chiselling out in the dictionary

  1. chiseller
  2. chisellers
  3. chisellike
  4. chiselling
  5. chiselling in
  6. chiselling out
  7. chiselling up
  8. chisellings
  9. chiselmouth
  10. chiselmouths
  11. chisels

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