less and less

Meaning

1. Oxford89% of films

   smaller and smaller amounts

   I started playing less and less.

In the movies · 9

• across her skin is doing less and less good...It's Such a Beautiful Day2012
• - Truly? Because we do it less and less. - Yes. Of course.Husbands and Wives1992
• General Turgidson, I am becoming less and less interested...Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
• doing less and less good..."]It's Such a Beautiful Day2012
• I started playing less and less.You're Not You2014
• And he talked to me less and less after that.As Good as It Gets1997
• But then the letters start comin' less and less.The Secret Life of Bees2008
• More and more I'm breathing less and less.She Loves Me2016

Learn it in full scenes

• Husbands and Wives1992
  • Jack and Sally Announce a Split
  • Gabe and Judy's Late-Night Talk
  • Sally Calls Jack During a Date
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
  • Major Kong's Pep Talk
  • General Turgidson Dodges Calls
  • Mandrake Confronts General Ripper

From the same entry

• less is more
• no less
• no less than
• even less
• more or less
• a little bird told me
• great oaks from little acorns grow
• do wonders
• little by little

More idioms

• put to sleep
• the survival of the fittest
• it figures
• a last resort
• yes and no
• i'm sorry to say
• without fail
• pick a fight
• without exception
• wouldn't be seen dead
• make use of
• with open arms