HACK SOMETHING OUT

hack something out: translation

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1.to cut or chop something out of something. •

Jill hacked the bone out of the roast.

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She hacked out the big bone.

2.to fashion something by carving or chiseling from something. •

He hacked a rabbit out of the chunk of wood.

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In no time, the carver had hacked out a rabbit.