whittle down

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Verb1.whittle down - cut away in small pieces
wear away, whittle away
damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
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Translations

w>whittle down

vt sep
piece of wood → herunterschneiden; to whittle down to size → zurechtschneiden, zurechtstutzen
(= reduce) → kürzen, reduzieren, stutzen (→ to auf +acc); gap, difference → verringern
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