Usually means: Reduce gradually through selective elimination.
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  1. whittle down: Merriam-Webster
  2. whittle down: Vocabulary.com
  3. whittle down: Dictionary.com
  4. whittle down: Rhymezone
  5. Whittle Down: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  6. whittle down: FreeDictionary.org
  7. whittle down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. whittle down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. whittle down: Wiktionary

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To reduce gradually by removing pieces.

Similar:
wear away, whittle away, whittling, trim down, cut down, diminution, reducing, pare down, diminishment, decreasing, more...

Types:
reduce, decrease, diminish, lower, cut, trim, clip, prune, more...

Phrases:
whittle down to size, more...

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Similar:
wear away, whittle away, whittling, trim down, cut down, diminution, reducing, pare down, diminishment, decreasing, more...

Types:
reduce, decrease, diminish, lower, cut, trim, clip, prune, more...

Phrases:
whittle down to size, more...



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