slice and dice

phrase

chiefly US

: to divide something into many small parts especially to use the result for one's own purposes

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D’Eriq King, Miami, 2020 King used his arm and his feet to slice and dice the Seminoles en route to an insurmountable 38-3 halftime lead which ended up as a 52-10 win. — Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026 From behind a bar near the entrance, employees slice and dice Haas avocados into share-size molcajetes. — Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 Pat Verbeek, general manager, A- Verbeek was brought in to slice and dice the remnants of the Bob Murray era, which saw the Ducks reach the conference finals in 2015 and 2017. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026 The Argument There are many tools right now that demonstrate the value of the agentic approach, where AI entities slice and dice and help humans to accomplish all kinds of business objectives, encompassing BPO, B2B, MOE and everything in between. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slice and dice

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