whittle down ГЛ. перех.
- whittle down
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whittle away at ГЛ. перех.
1. whittle away at (take little bits off):
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| you | whittle |
| he/she/it | whittles |
| we | whittle |
| you | whittle |
| they | whittle |
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| he/she/it | whittled |
| we | whittled |
| you | whittled |
| they | whittled |
| I | have | whittled |
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| you | have | whittled |
| he/she/it | has | whittled |
| we | have | whittled |
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| they | have | whittled |
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| you | had | whittled |
| he/she/it | had | whittled |
| we | had | whittled |
| you | had | whittled |
| they | had | whittled |
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Either a death by a thousand cuts, where you whittle away at their funding, or their support, even their office space.
abcnews.go.com District officials were able to whittle away at that list over the summer, as others retired or quit, and financial projections at some schools changed.
sfpublicpress.org The songwriting process is sort of like automatic writing for us; make up some gibberish to go with a tune and then whittle away at it until meaning emerges.
www.digitaljournal.com Watch out for high mutual fund and management fees, which can whittle away at your savings.
www.afr.com It can be a daunting task to whittle away at pages of unread e-mails, she says, a chore that can leave you wishing you hadn't come back to the office.
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