cut down
Verb
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Verb
cut down
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see cut, down
- (transitive) To bring down by cutting.
- They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To insult, to belittle.
- (idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
- He wants to cut down on extra steps.
- Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar.
- (idiomatic, dated) To slay, often in great numbers.
- Russian: умалять
- Spanish: bajarle los humos
- Russian: сокраща́ть
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