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