Make the Line Smaller

Sherlock Holmes was challenged to make a pre-drawn line smaller without erasing it. He did it in fractions of seconds. How?




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RDSH
GGPLNT
TMT
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Hint: All of them are vegetables.

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ABEABB
ABDBAA
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