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whittle down

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Verb1.whittle down - cut away in small pieces
damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
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? whittle down
vt sep
piece of woodherunterschneiden; to whittle down to sizezurechtschneiden, zurechtstutzen
(= reduce)kürzen, reduzieren, stutzen (→ to auf +acc); gap, differenceverringern


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The judges are joined by Kylie Minogue, Will Young, Ronan Keating and Sinitta, who will be helping them make the tough decisions needed to whittle down the contestants to the final 12.
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