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chisels out

chisels out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 chisels out

What is chisels out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chisels out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chisel out.

Words near chisels out in the dictionary

  1. chisellings
  2. chiselmouth
  3. chiselmouths
  4. chisels
  5. chisels in
  6. chisels out
  7. chisels up
  8. chisenbop
  9. Chishan
  10. Chishminsky
  11. Chisholm

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