Translations for „whittle down“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

whittle down VB trans fig

whittle down

reduzir gradualmente

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If we can whittle down the particular capacities most important in entrepreneurship, with some imagination, there's no reason we can't teach them.

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Transaction costs and price cuts would whittle down existing equity and impede financing availability.

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Towers that whittle down their numbers as they swarm over the map, towards that final point of your homebase.

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The government's prudent approach has meant that it has managed to whittle down projected deficits for five years in a row, she said.

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My first drafts are frequently hundreds of words over count, forcing me to whittle down and condense my critique to its core elements and ideas.

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His high pace quickly began to whittle down the group.

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The judges will then whittle down each band from eight members to five who will then go through to the live final.

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Errant rock even flew through the roof of a nearby home and the blasting, grinding and drilling continues to whittle down the mountain.

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None of us would wish to whittle down that principle in the slightest.

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So it was something of a formidable task then, to whittle down their back-catalogue to the 12 greatest - but we just about managed it.

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