hew (something) out of (something)

hew (something) out of (something)

To carve or cut a particular shape or object out of a piece of wood. Yeah, I hewed this bottle opener out of a piece of wood I had lying around the shop. I bet we could hew something cool out of this old tree stump. Wow Grandpa, I can't believe you hewed this jewelry box out of some wood you just had laying around.

See also: hew, of, out

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hew something out of something

 and hew something out

to carve the shape of something out of something wooden. Dan hewed each of the posts out of a tree trunk. He hewed out a number of posts.

See also: hew, of, out

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.