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Phrase(s): hack something out of something [and] hack something out 1. to cut or chop something out of something. • Jill hacked the bone out of the roast. • 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. • In no time, the carver had hacked out a rabbit.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs