phrasal verb

Scale back

Rank #1749Letter SInseparable

2Sections

Make something smaller than originally planned

Meanings

  • Make something smaller than originally planned (separable [optional], American English)
  • Reduce the activity or expenditure in your life (intransitive, International English)

Examples

  • She's always SCALEG UP BACK stories.
  • They SCALE BACK after the argument.
  • Women SCALE UP BACK half the workforce.

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