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What is another word for cutting back on?

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Verb
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Present participle for to reduce the amount or quantity of
cutting
reducing
decreasing
diminishing
lowering
rationalisingUK
rationalizingUS
downsizing
lessening
restricting
retrenching
slashing
limiting
pruning
trimming
axing
discounting
slenderizing
cutting back
cutting down on
economizing on
marking down
slimming down
cutting down
easing up on
curtailing
paring down
shrinking
making cutbacks in
minimizingUS
minimisingUK
scaling down
moderating
dropping
easing
downscaling
curbing
making reductions in
contracting
abridging
abating
shortening
truncating
paring
eliminating
quelling
de-escalating
running down
bringing down
winding down
whittling away
whittling down
dialing down
retrenching on
omitting
removing
confining
deleting
decrementing
lightening
depreciating
tapering
taking off
attenuating
docking
keeping at a minimum
keeping to a minimum
keeping down
ratcheting down
phasing down
doing away with
getting rid of
tightening up
downgrading
depressing
tempering
dwindling
depleting
impairing
weakening
narrowing
diluting
denting
easing off
turning down
making less
toning down
knocking down
making fewer
streamlining
scaling back
making cuts in
making economies in
reducing wastage in
clipping
cropping
condensing
abbreviating
cutting short
compressing
chopping
snipping
eliding
syncopating
telescoping
shaving
boiling down
lopping
constricting
bobbing
excerpting
slimming
concentrating
getting shorter
deflating
making shorter
taking up
cutting to the bone
turning up
cutting off
making smaller
foreshortening
epitomizingUS
epitomisingUK
lopping off
whittling
rounding down
shearing
checking
blunting
wasting away
undermining
sapping
eroding
abstracting
tightening
stepping down
stopping short
disempowering
digesting
synopsizing
summarizingUS
taking out
cutting out
cheapening
breaking
devaluing
sinking
devaluating
summarisingUK
making weaker
undervaluing
demoting
putting in a nutshell
bluing pencil
causing to fall
writing off
writing down
rolling back
degrading
Verb
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Present participle for to expend or use less time, money, or material on something than is necessary
skimping
saving
economisingUK
economizingUS
scrimping
pinching
stinting
sparing
scanting
withholding
conserving
scraping
scamping
screwing
pinching pennies
cutting corners
tightening your belt
scrimping on
economizing on
stinting on
making ends meet
holding back on
rolling back
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cutting boards
cutting by
cutting capers
cutting class
cutting corners
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cutting away
cutting a track
cutting at an angle
cutting a swath through
cutting a swath
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