cut back
Found in thesaurus: come back,
get back,
return,
go back,
lessen,
decrease,
minify,
thin out,
confine,
limit,
circumscribe
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cut back
cut down on, reduce something, use less of something (e.g.: "I drink too much coffee, I decided to cut back")
cut back
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
cut back
use fewer or use less The company has been cutting back on entertainment expenses for over a year now.
cut back
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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