hew out

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to form or carve something by cutting with heavy blows

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   hew something out / hew out something

   Usage: The object is the form created by heavy cutting; a pronoun precedes out.

   The builders used tools to hew out steps in the rock.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The builders used tools to hew out steps in the rock.

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