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whittle down

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
whittle [sth] down, whittle down [sth] vtr phrasal sep	figurative (cut, reduce)	reducir⇒ vtr
		cortar⇒ vtr
		eliminar⇒ vtr
	Your speech is a bit long; you should try to whittle it down.
whittle [sth] down to [sth] vtr phrasal 3-part	figurative (cut, reduce to [sth])	reducir a vtr + prep
	The teacher advised her student to whittle down his essay to half the length.

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