I came across this sentence on ODO: (from the entry in the main)
‘It was a victory etched out in the main through a team effort and a very fine one at that.’
I can't seem to find "etch out" defined anywhere as a phrasal verb. Can a victory be "etched out"?
Best Answer
They are indicating that it was a victory that was only won through Hard work that if the team didn't work as hard as they did it may not have turned out so well. Imagine sculpting a sculpture as the goal, the team had to etch out their victory to be successful.