carve out

It wasn’t, so I listened to her, got serious about my work and have been carving out my own path, my own way, ever since.

Lineker built on that experience, writing all his own scripts and carving out a role for himself.

She has always managed to carve out a place.

He has found a peace by trying to carve out the role of Prince of Wales in his own way.

Mousley built on that momentum and carved out his maiden half-century in 64 deliveries, accumulating the bulk of those runs on the leg side before falling to Joseph as England stepped on the gas.