To ~ a group or thing means to gradually make it smaller.
He had whittled eight interviewees down to two...
The president has agreed to ~ his proposal.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P to/from num/n, V P n (not pron), also V n P
To ~ a group or thing means to gradually make it smaller.
He had whittled eight interviewees down to two...
The president has agreed to ~ his proposal.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P to/from num/n, V P n (not pron), also V n P
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012