whittle away
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To slowly make something smaller and smaller, a little bit at a time.
"Years of mismanagement had whittled away the company's once impressive cash reserves."
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The Conspiracy Theory Iceberg
Wendigoon · 545:26
pieces of your soul to whittle away over time
The Making of the Modern Middle East
RealLifeLore · 267:42
Iran will continue to be emboldened to whittle away at the Israelis and Saudis