whittle down

• Deutsches Verb für die schrittweise Verringerung von Größe, Menge oder Umfang einer Sache, oft durch Aussortieren oder Kürzen.

A phrasal verb meaning to gradually reduce the size, number, or amount of something, often through a process of elimination or cutting back.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Reduce graduallyinformal

   To gradually reduce the size, number, or amount of something.

   Allmählich reduzieren

   • We need to whittle down the list of candidates to just three.
   • He whittled down his expenses to save money.
   • The committee whittled down the proposals to the most feasible ones.

   Synonymecut downdecreasediminishdwindleerodelessenpare downreducescale downshrinktrimwear down

   Antonymeaugmentbuildenlargeexpandincrease

Grundverbwhittle