whittle down

• Verbo frasal que significa reducir gradualmente el tamaño, la cantidad o el volumen de algo, a menudo eliminando o recortando partes o candidatos.

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

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Reduce graduallyinformal

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

   reducir gradualmente

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscut downdecreasediminishdwindleerodelessenpare downreducescale downshrinktrimwear down

   Antónimosaugmentbuildenlargeexpandincrease

Verbo basewhittle