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whittle away

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

cut away in small pieces

MWE

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
wear away
pasttense
whittled away
presentparticiple
whittling away
thirdpersonsingular
whittles away
pastparticiple
whittled away