TRIM BACK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Cut down on; make a reduction in

Example:

The employer wants to cut back health benefits

Synonyms:

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