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narrowing down

narrowing down is the present participle and gerund of narrow down.

Meaning of narrow down

Verb

narrow down (third-person singular simple present narrows down, present participle narrowing down, simple past and past participle narrowed down)

  1. (idiomatic) To make more specific.
    • All the food on the menu looked delicious, so I tried to narrow down my choices to only healthy foods.

Questions about narrowing down

What is narrowing down the present participle and gerund of?
Narrowing down is the present participle and gerund of narrow down.

Words near narrowing down in the dictionary

  1. narrowfield
  2. narrowhead
  3. narrowing
  4. narrowing conversion
  5. narrowing conversions
  6. narrowing down
  7. narrowing up
  8. narrowingly
  9. narrowingness
  10. narrowings
  11. narrowish

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