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cut down (verb)

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  • cut down — verb 1. cut down on; make a reduction in (Freq. 8) reduce your daily fat intake The employer wants to cut back health benefits • Syn: ↑reduce, ↑cut back, ↑trim, ↑trim down, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • cut down — verb Date: 1571 transitive verb 1. a. to strike down and kill or incapacitate b. knock down 2. a. to remodel by removing extras or unwanted furnishings and fittings b. to remake in a smaller size …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cut down — verb a) To bring down by cutting. They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot. b) To insult, to belittle. He wants to cut down on extra steps …   Wiktionary

  • cut down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it. [V P on n] He cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet... [V P n (not pron)] Car owners were asked to cut down travel... [V P] If you… …   English dictionary

  • cut down — phrasal verb Word forms cut down : present tense I/you/we/they cut down he/she/it cuts down present participle cutting down past tense cut down past participle cut down 1) cut down something [intransitive/transitive] to reduce an amount of… …   English dictionary

  • cut down — UK US cut down Phrasal Verb with cut({{}}/kʌt/ verb [T] (cutting, cut, cut) ► [I or T] to reduce the amount or number of something: cut down on sth »The supermarket chain has promised to cut down on packaging. »This new system should cut down the …   Financial and business terms

  • cut down on — /ˌkʌt daυn ɒn/ verb to reduce suddenly the amount of something used ● The government is cutting down on welfare expenditure. ● The office is trying to cut down on electricity consumption. ● We have installed networked computers to cut down on… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • cut down — phr verb Cut down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑consumption, ↑forest, ↑intake, ↑tree …   Collocations dictionary

  • cut down on — phr verb Cut down on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑drinking, ↑fat, ↑food, ↑intake, ↑smoking, ↑waste …   Collocations dictionary

  • cut down — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To cause the death of: carry off, cut off, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill1, slay. Slang: waste, zap. Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep. See HELP. 2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down,… …   English dictionary for students

  • To cut down — Down Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[=u]n, ad[=u]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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