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单词 whittle down
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whittle down

phrasal verb transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theywhittle down
he/she/itwhittles down
present participlewhittling down
past tensewhittled down
past participlewhittled down
DEFINITIONS1
  1. 1
    to reduce the number of people or things, or the size of something

    The list of 50 candidates was finally whittled down to four.

    Synonyms and related words
    To reduce something
    cut back
    cut down
    reduce

whittle down

phrasal verb transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theywhittle down
he/she/itwhittles down
present participlewhittling down
past tensewhittled down
past participlewhittled down
DEFINITIONS1
  1. 1
    to reduce the number of people or things, or the size of something

    The list of 50 candidates was finally whittled down to four.

    Synonyms and related words
    To reduce something
    cut back
    reduce
    shrivel
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