whittle down

• Verbo frasal que significa reduzir gradualmente o tamanho, a quantidade ou o volume de algo, geralmente cortando, eliminando ou descartando partes aos poucos.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Reduce graduallyinformal

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

   Reduzir aos poucos

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscut downdecreasediminishdwindleerodelessenpare downreducescale downshrinktrimwear down

   Antônimosaugmentbuildenlargeexpandincrease

Verbo basewhittle