whittle down
phrasal verb
whittled down; whittling down; whittles down
Definition of whittle down
: to gradually make (something) smaller by removing parts
We whittled the list down to four people.
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“Whittle down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whittle%20down. Accessed 9 May. 2021.
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