Usually means: Gradually reduce something through erosion.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. whittle away: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. whittle away: Merriam-Webster
  3. whittle away: Vocabulary.com
  4. whittle away: Dictionary.com
  5. whittle away: Rhymezone
  6. whittle away: FreeDictionary.org
  7. whittle away: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. whittle away: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whittle away: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whittle away: Encyclopedia

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  1. whittle away: Idioms

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verb:  cut away in small pieces


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