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whittles down to size

whittles down to size is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 whittles down to size

What is whittles down to size the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Whittles down to size is the third-person singular simple present indicative of whittle down to size.

Words near whittles down to size in the dictionary

  1. whittled the whalebone
  2. whittler
  3. whittlers
  4. whittles
  5. whittles down
  6. whittles down to size
  7. whittles the whalebone
  8. Whittlesea
  9. Whittlesey
  10. Whittleseys
  11. Whittlesford

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