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present participle of whittle (down)
Synonyms & Antonyms of whittling (down)
as in cutting, cutting down
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for whittling (down)
- abbreviating,
- abridging,
- clipping,
- cropping,
- curtailing,
- cutting,
- cutting back,
- cutting down,
- docking,
- nicking,
- paring,
- pruning,
- retrenching,
- shortening,
- slashing,
- trimming,
- truncating
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“Whittling (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whittling%20%28down%29. Accessed 16 May. 2021.
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