chisel up
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[edit]Verb
[edit]chisel up (third-person singular simple present chisels up, present participle (US) chiseling up or (Commonwealth) chiselling up, simple past and past participle (US) chiseled up or (Commonwealth) chiselled up)
- (transitive, literally) To create by chiseling.
- He chiseled up the details on the sculpture.
- (transitive) To cast off splinters or pieces like might be created by chiseling; to (figuratively) cause many or small weak results.
- The sight chiseled up old anxieties.
- When the car crashed into the deck, it chiseled up sharp splinters of wood.