slice up
Cut something into smaller pieces by making clean cuts.
Meanings
To cut food or an object into thin pieces or slices.
"She sliced up the baguette and arranged it on a board with the cheese."
To divide something (such as land, a market, or profits) into portions, often aggressively or competitively.
"The two corporations sliced up the emerging market between them, leaving no room for smaller players."
To cut a person or surface with repeated slicing motions (often violent or destructive).
"The broken glass sliced up his hands as he tried to grab it."
In its literal sense, extremely common in cooking contexts. In the figurative sense (dividing territory, markets, profits), it carries a slightly aggressive or competitive connotation — as if the thing being divided is being carved up unfairly.
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