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cut-down

Verb

(third-person singular simple present cuts down, present participle cutting down, simple past and past participle cut down)

  1. Used other than as an idiom: see cut,"Ž down.
  2. To bring down by cutting.
    They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot.
  3. (idiomatic) To insult, to belittle.
  4. (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.
  5. (idiomatic, dated) To slay, often in great numbers.
Usage notes
  1. In all senses, the object may appear before or after the particle. If it is a pronoun, it MUST precede the particle.

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Words near cut-down in the dictionary


  • cut-both-ways
  • cut-capers
  • cut, copy and paste
  • cut-corners
  • cut-down
  • cut fastball
  • cut-fastball
  • cut-fastballs
  • cut flower
  • cut-from-the-same-cloth

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