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whittle down

VERB
  1. cut away in small pieces

How To Use whittle down In A Sentence

  • Governments usually try to whittle down measures that threaten their hold on power. Nations Seek to Make Tunisia Model for Democracy in Region
  • The president has agreed to whittle down his proposal.
  • The supplementary tax return shows how to whittle down the gain and claim ER. Times, Sunday Times
  • The archives will be shipped with a full-scale reproduction of Mailer's ego for articulate Third Wave feminists to whittle down in a nanosecond.
  • The panel have to whittle down 54 contestants for the Hollywood round. The Sun
  • We need to whittle down the list of guests for the party.
  • We need to whittle down the list of guests for the party.
  • THE judges must whittle down the wannabes to the final 32 acts tomorrow night. The Sun
  • The panel have to whittle down 54 contestants for the Hollywood round. The Sun
  • Opponents fiercely whittle down lap times in pursuit of the lead, but sometimes it is the smartest - not the fastest - racers who win the race.
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