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cut back

— verb return in time the film cut back to an earlier event in the story — verb (= reduce, cut down, cut) cut down on; make a reduction in reduce your daily fat intake The employer wants to cut back health benefits — verb (= curtail) place restrictions on curtail drinking in school — verb (= dress) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of dress the plants in the garden

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trim flash back cut down reduce cut curtail snip retrench prune lop flash forward cut down on crop clip bring down trim down trim back restrict pare dress curb abridge traverse tighten one’s belt throw tease stab spay snip off slit slice up slice shrink shorten shed shear sever scissor scale down save resect razee put down pinch pierce pare down operate on nip off mow mitigate

Topics cut back topics

What do people use cut back to talk about?

Work and occupation Agriculture Tend a field

Trim plants

What words refer to trimming plants?

trim prune cut back thin

States Quantity More

Decrease

What words refer to reducing the amount of something you use or how much you do?

reduce cut down on scale down scale back cut back trim pare down downsize scrimp

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News and current affairs

But Obama also knows that if the existing nuclear states want others to accept tougher restrictions, they will have to cut back their nuclear arsenals.

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