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Narrow down

/ˈnarəʊ daʊn/

B1

Intermediate

1. To reduce the number of options or possibilities to focus on fewer, more relevant ones.

  • We need to narrow down our options for the new software package.
  • After weeks of searching, they finally narrowed down their choices to three finalists.

2. To make something more specific or limited in scope.

  • Can we narrow down the topic of our discussion to just two main points?
  • The company was able to narrow down the causes of the problem to a single source.

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