trim back

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verb

cut down on;
make a reduction in
- reduce your daily fat intake
- The employer wants to cut back health benefits
• Syn:
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down,
cut, bring down
• Derivationally related forms:
trim (for: trim), cutback (for: cut back), reductive (for: reduce), reduction (for: reduce)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Hyponyms:
shorten, spill, quench, retrench, slash,
thin out, thin, take away, detract, deflate, inflate,
downsize, subtract, shave, knock off
• Verb Group:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something