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To reduce (something) in extent or quantity
To be economical or frugal with
To decrease in size, especially of a workforce
To become smaller or less in amount, degree or intensity
Verb
▲
To reduce (something) in extent or quantity
reduce
decrease
cut
lessen
diminish
trim
curtail
lower
prune
shrink
abridge
shorten
truncate
slash
limit
pare
ax
US
axe
UK
minimise
UK
minimize
US
confine
delete
eliminate
omit
remove
cut back
cut down
pare down
salami-slice
slim down
bring down
cut back on
whittle away
whittle down
make cutbacks in
make reductions in
take off
downsize
abbreviate
dock
contract
elide
syncopate
clip
crop
lop
chop
mark down
cut short
boil down
condense
rationalize
US
restrict
curb
compress
snip
bob
restrain
rationalise
UK
telescope
dwindle
economize on
excerpt
get shorter
hold back
cut to the bone
make shorter
take up
turn up
rein in
scale down
economize
US
check
economise
UK
discount
slenderize
cut down on
ease up on
minify
cramp
inhibit
control
halt
put a restriction on
break off
rein back
put the brakes on
tighten up
put a limit on
roll back
summarize
US
abstract
summarise
UK
synopsize
epitomize
US
digest
precis
epitomise
UK
shear
précis
encapsulate
shave
outline
cut off
put in a nutshell
lop off
nip
poll
summate
capsule
sum up
narrow
constrict
recap
chop off
mow
edit
pollard
recapitulate
concentrate
reprise
brief
compact
detach
moderate
hack off
capsulize
inventory
get to the meat
wrap up
sum
tighten
shrivel
distill
US
distil
UK
skim
sever
blue pencil
drop
amputate
skive
draw in
consolidate
lighten
constringe
round down
slice
scrimp
hew
detruncate
fleece
top
barber
downscale
temper
ease
give a summary of
slice off
cut shorter
give the main points of
shave off
even up
nip off
get darker
close in
trim off
de-escalate
foreshorten
slim
deflate
expurgate
bowdlerize
US
conflate
waste away
bowdlerise
UK
groom
dissever
neaten
shape
chop down
decapitate
thin
ream
stop short
hack
sketch
make a outline of
run down
compile
run through
give main points
take out
cut out
clip off
express
make a résumé of
give a precis of
give a synopsis of
write a summary of
record
collapse
cream
excise
nutshell
capture
coppice
saw
squeeze
wither
tidy up
paraphrase
simplify
assemble
decrement
downgrade
give the gist of
annotate
cut to bone
file off
scrape off
trim down
thin out
shed
quell
taper
depreciate
gash
splice
butcher
incise
put in words of one syllable
nick
slit
mitigate
modify
notch
separate
snick
get smaller
become smaller
shred
make simpler
snippet
narrow down
grow smaller
let up
phase out
step down
tail off
put down
soften
attenuate
abate
reduce greatly
get rid of
snip off
depress
saw off
adjust
remit
alleviate
deplete
cut into
impair
weaken
dent
dilute
commute
tonsure
disengage
make fewer
knock down
tone down
wind down
make less
turn down
gather
take in
alter
cut into a bob
more ❯
“As prices fell and demand slumped, most mills began to nibble at piece rates,
retrench
their workforce, and increase workloads.”
Verb
▲
To be economical or frugal with
economise
UK
economize
US
save
budget
scrimp
conserve
curtail
reduce
trim
husband
be sparing
cut back
be frugal
be economical
cut corners
make cutbacks
save money
make economies
scrimp and save
make cuts
make savings
tighten your belt
cut down
reduce expenditure
draw in one's horns
husband your resources
skimp
be thrifty
cut costs
scrimp and scrape
cut expenditure
make ends meet
be more economical
pinch
stint
spare
watch the pennies
pinch the pennies
pull in one's horns
rake and scrape
stretch a dollar
be prudent
pinch pennies
earmark
manage
count the pennies
keep within means
use less
reduce wastage
decrease wastage
buy cheaply
rein in
be on a shoestring
meet a budget
limit
scant
run a tight ship
go easy
look after the pence
be cheap
scrape
scrimp on
economize on
be sparing with
be parsimonious with
be frugal with
be stingy with
be economical with
be mingy with
be tight with
be mean with
withhold
restrict
stint on
hold back on
be mingy
be stingy
go easy on
restrain
ration
squirrel
stash
skimp on
be tight-fisted with
penny-pinch
hold back
roll back
be mean
nurse
struggle
be tight
be tight-fisted
cut your coat according to your cloth
be close
shave
use sparingly
use economically
be careful with
manage thriftily
cut down on
save for a rainy day
spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
save for rainy day
sock away
limit spending
be parsimonious
control
get along
get by
regulate
cut it close
cut it fine
curb
limit to a fixed amount
restrict the consumption of
put a ceiling on
scamp
screw
cut back on
more ❯
“The declining sales growth indicated economic trouble and a need to
retrench
costs.”
Verb
▲
To decrease in size, especially of a workforce
downsize
reduce
decrease
diminish
lessen
lower
shrink
cut
abate
downscale
curtail
drop
dwindle
trim
ease
deplete
dent
rationalise
UK
rationalize
US
deduct
economise
UK
economize
US
cut down
cut back
de-escalate
scale down
slim down
knock down
scale back
phase down
roll back
step down
phase out
budget cut
trim away
tune down
roll down
weaken
prune
curb
restrict
constrict
limit
narrow
blunt
contract
check
pare down
undermine
sap
erode
disempower
make weaker
more ❯
Verb
▲
To become smaller or less in amount, degree or intensity
diminish
subside
wane
ebb
recede
moderate
decrease
lessen
reduce
drop
fade
slacken
taper
decline
remit
shrink
temper
weaken
abate
contract
dwindle
ease
fall
lower
pall
plummet
relent
sink
slump
attenuate
drain
plunge
abbreviate
blur
close
de-escalate
extenuate
minify
shrivel
trail
let up
slacken off
cool off
drop off
settle down
tail off
taper off
trail off
become smaller
die away
die down
die out
fade out
fall away
fall off
fizzle out
peter out
phase down
ratchet down
fade away
go downhill
make smaller
come to an end
drain away
grow smaller
hit the floor
go through the floor
mitigate
soften
alleviate
dull
allay
lighten
tone down
blunt
deaden
assuage
quell
curb
check
curtail
dampen
take the edge off
subdue
restrain
relieve
relax
calm
depreciate
cut
soothe
stifle
mollify
minimize
US
palliate
ease off
minimise
UK
deteriorate
cut down
depress
cushion
downsize
damp
cut back
wind down
cool
suppress
dilute
limit
nosedive
smother
downscale
decrement
impair
degenerate
wither
slash
flag
dip
deplete
go down
disappear
pare down
trim
quiet
muffle
melt away
slow down
descend
vanish
still
decay
grow less
scale down
crash
damp down
lull
evaporate
slow
crumble
fail
restrict
erode
quieten
take the sting out
devaluate
dive
prune
pare
inhibit
mute
wear away
tumble
collapse
modify
dent
whittle down
control
numb
mark down
deflate
clip
bring down
settle
slide
tranquilize
US
help
placate
ease up
repress
devalue
slack off
lenify
undermine
waste
take a nosedive
dissolve
knock down
benumb
droop
tranquillise
UK
slim down
waste away
sap
make cutbacks in
slake
shorten
atrophy
degrade
dissipate
contain
qualify
wear down
become less
stop
regress
dry up
axe
UK
slip
mellow
calm down
pacify
appease
ax
US
dim
take the bite out
constrict
cheapen
roll back
put a damper on
retard
thin
wear off
downgrade
modulate
narrow
drop away
disintegrate
die off
die
run low
cease
buffer
retrograde
shave
make less
soft-pedal
sag
destroy
rachet down
dial down
compose
quench
overcome
wilt
cut back on
get rid of
get less
hold back
sweeten
grow faint
get smaller
crater
salami-slice
absorb
skid
gentle
worsen
run out
break
slack
fall steeply
tighten
quash
chill out
fall sharply
damage
go away
step down
loosen
cauterize
US
drop rapidly
narrow down
trail away
write down
rein in
devitalize
whittle away
cauterise
UK
go down the toilet
write off
fizzle
go to the dogs
compress
bridle
condense
go into a tailspin
smooth
truncate
rot
hinder
go down the tubes
make reductions in
disperse
discount
dispel
obtund
squelch
squash
eliminate
stem
decelerate
undervalue
devolve
stay
decimate
take down
staunch
take its toll
desensitize
US
keep in check
go to pot
grow dim
break down
fall short
become weaker
give out
sate
become weak
round down
turn down
hit the skids
cut off
put down
quieten down
debilitate
extinguish
enervate
let up on
take a dive
block
come to nothing
come to a halt
languish
tame
compact
ameliorate
abridge
halt
ration
dulcify
water down
flop
vitiate
comfort
melt
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
couch
release
desensitise
UK
dam
slope
downturn
constringe
terminate
straiten
constrain
confine
debase
slim
end
abase
rebate
dump
lapse
regulate
bate
arrest
make less intense
put damper on
whittle
put out a fire
harsh
finish
run down
put the lid on
stabilize
US
choke
trim back
trim down
prevent
cut down on
defuse
stanch
pour oil on
do damage control
silence
put an end to
do a number on
lose edge
play down
backslide
retrogress
break up
chip away at
make less active
get worse
be used up
fall through
shrivel up
stabilise
UK
anesthetize
US
make narrower
ease up on
keep down
tail away
cave in
crush
phase out
put a lid on
become lower
throw cold water on
hold in check
go to seed
get under control
take a header
come to a stop
get narrower
become narrower
go to rack and ruin
level off
scale back
go to the pack
give way
pour cold water on
take the heat off
dampen down
falter
disempower
gutter
minimalize
address
improve
blanket
disengage
diffuse
chill
hush
go
faint
rationalize
US
peter
revise
commute
make weaker
grow weaker
disable
fix
excuse
mask
satisfy
foreshorten
make fewer
dock
emaciate
perish
drop down
retire
enfeeble
shed
untighten
demote
fix up
unlax
anaesthetize
UK
resolve
rein
pipe down
cripple
take it easy
take sting out
patch things up
reduce the force of
steady
die away or out
die away or down
temperate
deduct
adulterate
rationalise
UK
kill
clear
etiolate
gruntle
offset
relapse
balm
become less intense
slow up
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
close out
get lower
go downwards
totter
lose
muddy up
subtract
reduce the effect of
loose
corrode
chop
crop
retrench on
squeeze
drag
buckle
wizen
do away with
tighten up
withstand
oppose
resist
pass
thin out
reduce greatly
amortise
UK
cast down
smooth down
disgrade
demerit
drive down
go easy
amortize
US
evanesce
anaesthetise
UK
thin down
bow out
master
buttress
capsule
capsulize
cause to fall
lop off
lop
lessen the impact of
reduce the impact of
cool it
govern
be gone
withdraw
be no more
hebetate
blow over
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
banish
lay off
take pressure off
lose strength
lose intensity
bring to a standstill
cut short
concentrate
shear
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
weather
miscarry
lose value
dismiss
scrimp
neutralize
US
founder
protect against
become calm
become peaceful
nibble
fret
fold up
decrease in value
decline in price
incapacitate
stun
sedate
unnerve
take a turn for the worse
grow worse
go from bad to worse
become worse
make something worse
become emaciated
soften the impact of
neutralise
UK
make less strict
make less formal
eat into
clear up
lick
hit the dirt
tip over
sink into oblivion
be forgotten
disappear slowly
pass away
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
defend against
shield against
be precipitated
become shrunken
become enfeebled
grow weak
become debilitated
run dry
cool out
bomb
bite
daze
stupefy
stultify
narcotize
torpefy
drug
smooth out
clear the air
bust
keep a lid on
safeguard against
clamp down on
crack down on
keep the lid on
minish
nip in the bud
slap down
snuff out
remove
delete
omit
soak up
denature
taint
be deficient
render insensitive
dullen
scatter
cramp
strangle
brighten
draw to a close
be on the way out
give in
pale
go awry
eat away at
bite at
salve
cure
counteract
go amiss
be wanting
tauten
strangulate
focus
circumscribe
clench
tense
pinch
desist
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
console
vary
solace
miniaturise
UK
miniaturize
US
alloy
be insufficient
gnaw away at
delay
tuck
astringe
liss
interrupt
go down the tube
go down the khazi
go down the pan
decline swiftly
go down the drain
go down the plughole
lose significance
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
be ruined
strike out
detain
aid
assist
take off
be lacking
bring respite to
handicap
be inadequate
exhaust
lose lustre
bring an end to
be found lacking
stunt
impede
become less dense
become less numerous
not come to ripeness
grow dull
descope
hold up
stall
set back
obstruct
take load off
come down
take a load off
bring aid to
make something bearable
bring aid
slack up
become less in number
clear out
keep back
mire
hamper
lag
retardate
pejorate
become depleted
draw together
get thinner
draw in
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
embog
reef
lower one's sights
be in short supply
become exhausted
set one's sights lower
reduce in scope
be short
bankrupt
be tight
interfere with
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
bog down
keep waiting
anchor it
become dilapidated
impoverish
run to seed
fall into disrepair
fall to pieces
hit rock bottom
reach depths
come apart at the seams
ruin
pauperize
wreck
bring to ruin
liquidate
wipe out
make destitute
bleed dry
ruinate
clean out
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