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    TRIM BACK

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     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cut down on; make a reduction inplay

    Example:

    The employer wants to cut back health benefits

    Synonyms:

    bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "trim back" is one way to...):

    decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)

    Verb group:

    cut (have a reducing effect)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trim back"):

    shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)

    spill (reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail))

    quench (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)

    retrench (make a reduction, as in one's workforce)

    slash (cut drastically)

    thin out (make sparse)

    thin (make thin or thinner)

    detract; take away (take away a part from; diminish)

    deflate (reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices)

    inflate (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value)

    downsize ((of a company) reduce in size or number of employees)

    subtract (take off or away)

    knock off; shave (cut the price of)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

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