cut back

cut down on, reduce something, use less of something (e.g.: "I drink too much coffee, I decided to cut back")

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Verb
1. return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"
(synonym) flash back
(hypernym) return, go back, get back, come back
2. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
(synonym) reduce, cut down, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(hyponym) shorten
(verb-group) cut
(derivation) cutback
3. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
(synonym) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune
(hypernym) thin out
(hyponym) shear
4. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
(synonym) restrict, curtail, curb
(hypernym) limit, circumscribe, confine
(hyponym) immobilize, immobilise

use fewer or use less The company has been cutting back on entertainment expenses for over a year now.

Synonyms and related words:
abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bob, boil down, capsulize, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, curtail, curtail expenses, cut, cut corners, cut down, cut off short, cut short, damp, dampen, decrease, deduct, deflate, depreciate, depress, diminish, dock, downgrade, elide, epitomize, foreshorten, lessen, lower, mark down, mow, nip, pare, pare down expenses, poll, pollard, prune, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, retrench, roll back, scale down, shave, shear, shorten, simplify, slash, slow down, snub, step down, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take a reef, take from, take in, telescope, trim, truncate, tune down
  

cut-back /'kʌtbæk/

• danh từ
  • sự cắt bớt; phần cắt bớt
  • (điện ảnh) đoạn phim chiếu lại (để tăng tính kịch)

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