cut down

cut down
verb
1. cut down on; make a reduction in (Freq. 8)
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reduce your daily fat intake

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The employer wants to cut back health benefits

• Syn:
↑reduce, ↑cut back, ↑trim, ↑trim down, ↑trim back, ↑cut, ↑bring down
• Derivationally related forms: ↑trim (for: ↑trim), ↑cutback (for: ↑cut back), ↑reductive (for: ↑reduce), ↑reduction (for: ↑reduce)
• Hypernyms: ↑decrease, ↑lessen, ↑minify
• Hyponyms:
↑shorten, ↑spill, ↑quench, ↑retrench, ↑slash, ↑thin out, ↑thin, ↑take away, ↑detract, ↑deflate, ↑inflate, ↑downsize, ↑subtract, ↑shave, ↑knock off
• Verb Group: ↑cut
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑slash
• Derivationally related forms: ↑slash (for: ↑slash), ↑slasher (for: ↑slash)
• Hypernyms: ↑cut
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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They cut down the trees

3. cause to come or go down (Freq. 1)
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The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect

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The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet

• Syn: ↑down, ↑knock down, ↑push down, ↑pull down
• Derivationally related forms: ↑downer (for: ↑down)
• Hypernyms: ↑strike
• Hyponyms: ↑submarine
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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The fighter managed to cut down his opponent

4. intercept (a player) (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑cut out
• Topics: ↑baseball, ↑baseball game
• Hypernyms: ↑check, ↑turn back, ↑arrest, ↑stop, ↑contain, ↑hold back
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

5. cut with a blade or mower
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mow the grass

• Syn: ↑mow
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mow (for: ↑mow), ↑mower (for: ↑mow)
• Hypernyms: ↑cut
• Hyponyms: ↑scythe
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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They cut down rye in the field

6. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
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strike down a tree

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Lightning struck down the hikers

• Syn: ↑fell, ↑drop, ↑strike down
• Derivationally related forms: ↑feller (for: ↑fell), ↑fell (for: ↑fell)
• Hypernyms: ↑cut
• Hyponyms: ↑chop down, ↑poleax, ↑poleaxe, ↑log, ↑lumber, ↑cut
• Cause: ↑descend, ↑fall, ↑go down, ↑come down
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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They cut down the trees

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cut down [phrasal verb]
1 : to use less or do less of something

I haven't been able to quit smoking completely, but at least I've cut down. [=cut back]

— often + on

I've had to cut down on [=reduce, cut back on] the amount of money I spend on clothes.

She suggested he cut down on his drinking.

a building material that helps cut down on noise

2 cut (something) down or cut down (something)
2 a : to remove (a tree or bush) by cutting through its trunk or base

Most of the tree was dead, so we had to cut it down.

Much of the forest has been cut down for firewood.

2 b : to reduce the size or amount of (something)

We used a shortcut that cut down our traveling time by 15 minutes.

The machine significantly cuts down the amount of work necessary to harvest crops.

3 cut (someone) down or cut down (someone) : to kill or wound (someone)

She was cut down by a stray bullet.

The composer Schubert was cut down in his prime by illness. [=he died because of illness when he was in his prime]

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Main Entry: ↑cut

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ˌcut sthˈdown (to…) | ˌcut ˈdown (on sth) derived
to reduce the size, amount or number of sth

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We need to cut the article down to 1 000 words.

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The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.

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I won't have a cigarette, thanks— I'm trying to cut down

(= smoke fewer)

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Main entry: ↑cutderived

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