Whittle away
Whittle away verb - Cut away in small pieces.
Wear away is a synonym for whittle away. In some cases you can use "Wear away" instead a verb "Whittle away".
Wear away
Wear away verb - Cut away in small pieces.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- spoil and whittle away
- spoil and wear away
- consume and whittle away
- consume and wear away
- sink and whittle away
- sink and wear away
- soften and whittle away
- soften and wear away
- ruin and whittle away
- ruin and wear away
- wreck and whittle away
- wreck and wear away
- impair and whittle away
- impair and wear away
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