From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgouge something ↔ out phrasal verb1 HOLEto form a hole, space etc by digging into a surface and removing material, or to remove material by digging of A rough road had been gouged out of the rock. Every week 30,000 tonnes of slate are gouged out of the mountains. 2 gouge somebody’s eyes outINJURE to remove someone’s eyes with a pointed weapon → gouge→ See Verb table
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gouge out• I just wanted to gouge his eyes out.gouge somebody’s eyes out• I just wanted to gouge his eyes out.• McLaren accused Roberts of trying to gouge his eyes out during the fight. 