phrasal verb

Cut down

Letter CInseparable

2Sections

To reduce the amount of something.

Meanings

  • To reduce the amount of something. (separable [optional], International English)
  • Shoot (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • I'm trying to CUT DOWN the amount of coffee I drink during the day.
  • The logger CUT the tree DOWN.To reduce the amount of something.
  • After Christmas he didn't carefully detach all the decorations, he just CUT them all DOWN.

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