hew out

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Verb1.hew out - make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"
hew
carve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice"
rough-hew, roughcast - hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber"
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w>hew out

vt sep → heraushauen, herausschlagen (of aus); he’s hewn out a career for himself → er hat sich (dat) → seine Karriere erkämpft
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I also doubt that those more centered times would even happen if I didn't allow the habit of prayer to hew out that space and silence within me little by little.
Be still and know God
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