carve out

verb

1. tr, adverb to make or create (a career)

   he carved out his own future

Example Sentences

It wasn’t, so I listened to her, got serious about my work and have been carving out my own path, my own way, ever since.

From Salon

Lineker built on that experience, writing all his own scripts and carving out a role for himself.

From BBC

She has always managed to carve out a place.

From Los Angeles Times

He has found a peace by trying to carve out the role of Prince of Wales in his own way.

From BBC

Mousley built on that momentum and carved out his maiden half-century in 64 deliveries, accumulating the bulk of those runs on the leg side before falling to Joseph as England stepped on the gas.

From BBC

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