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Definition of hollow out phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hollow out

phrasal verb

Phrasal Verbs

1to make a hole in something by removing part of it Hollow out the cake and fill it with cream. a gun concealed in a hollowed-out book

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2to form something by making a hole in something else The cave has been hollowed out of the mountainside.

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