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[ verb ] cut down on; make a reduction in

Examples

"reduce your daily fat intake" "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans],...)

The prospect of cutting_back spending is an unpleasant one for any governor .

2
[ verb ] return in time

Synonyms

flash_back

Examples

"the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"

Used in print

(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)

As the robbers leave the looted train , the film suddenly cuts_back to the station , where the telegrapher 's little daughter arrives with her father 's dinner_pail only to find him bound on the floor .

Related terms

return flashback

3
[ verb ] cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of "dress the plants in the garden"
4
[ verb ] place restrictions on

Synonyms

restrict curtail curb

Examples

"curtail drinking in school"

Related terms

limit immobilize bridle

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