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whittled down to size

whittled down to size is the simple past and past participle of whittle down to size.

Meaning of whittle down to size

Verb

whittle down to size (third-person singular simple present whittles down to size, present participle whittling down to size, simple past and past participle whittled down to size)

  1. Synonym of cut down to size.
    • If he starts playing the big, tough hombre on the southside, those boys are just liable to whittle him down to size."1999, Matt Braun, El Paso, page 14

Questions about whittled down to size

What is whittled down to size the simple past and past participle of?
Whittled down to size is the simple past and past participle of whittle down to size.

Words near whittled down to size in the dictionary

  1. Whittle likelihoods
  2. whittle the whalebone
  3. Whittle-le-Woods
  4. whittled
  5. whittled down
  6. whittled down to size
  7. whittled the whalebone
  8. whittler
  9. whittlers
  10. whittles
  11. whittles down

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