'Of course,' he said, taking up a knife and carving off a generous portion for her.

Wings came away as though carved off by some unseen blade.

"They are in the process of carving off marginal or unprofitable regional lines."

There was excitement in the air, but she still had to carve off her pound of flesh.

My mother sliced into the cake and carved off a chunk for herself.

Remove the wings, then carve off each breast in one boneless piece.

Each party viewed the problem from a different perspective, and carved off a different piece of the puzzle.

They did carve off a hefty chunk of ice and move it into a new orbit.

He took up a very long knife and carved off a generous portion for her.

No one is going to take a 400-degree duck from the oven, grab hold of it and carve off the breast meat.