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单词 whittle
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whittle/ʹwitl/ verb trans and intrans

to pare or cut off chips from the surface of (wood) with a knife

to shape or form in this way (something) by doing this

(+ down/away) to reduce, remove, or destroy (something) gradually as if by cutting off bits with a knife

Try to whittle down your expenses

They are whittling away at our rights

[Middle English whittel, alteration of thwitel a paring knife, from Old English thwītan to cut down, whittle]
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