Is carve out my own business a good collocation?
When I was reading a passage, I've found that there is a sentence like, ' i would like to carve out my own business'. I have never seen such kind of collocation, so I wonder if it is acceptable or commonly used in English, thanks for your help:)

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You can certainly say that.   Look here for several different meanings of "carve out", including the one you are asking about:  http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/carve+out

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It's common. Think 'create'

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The conmon phrase is "to carve out my own niche". In a business context, it means finding and developing your own specialties and client base.

I don't know why the writer replaced "niche" with "business". I understand what was meant, but I think the writer misunderstood the original phrase.

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I also seldom heard that passage, may be it is only use in some books not in conversation.

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很正常的句子啊，不知道你对哪部份有疑问。

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