Synonyms for cut down
cut down

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1. cut down

   Synonyms:
   abbreviate, abridge, amputate, boil down, condense, curtail, epitomize, reduce, retrench, sum up, summarize

   Antonyms:
   amplify, augment, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, extend, increase, unfold, widen

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1. reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring downverb

   cut down on; make a reduction in

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

   Synonyms:
   clip, cut out, skip, strike down, ignore, cut off, put down, lop, knock down, reduce, curtail, turn off, fell, trim, tailor, visit, shave, quash, cut, overthrow, cut back, mow, land, turn out, lose weight, shrink, slew, rationalise, switch off, prune, melt off, trim down, snip, contract, dress, shorten, thin, make out, geld, rationalize, disregard, down, snub, push down, inflict, subvert, slim down, concentrate, garnish, slue, tighten, abbreviate, bring down, pull down, restrict, keep down, hack, impose, flash back, subdue, deoxidise, burn, subjugate, curb, issue, edit, edit out, come down, repress, let down, foreshorten, dilute, write out, thin out, curve, swerve, get down, scale down, crop, drop, take down, boil down, pare, slenderize, trend, lower, abridge, deoxidize, sheer, slash, veer, overturn, decoct, slim, trim back

2. slash, cut downverb

   cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

   Synonyms:
   thresh about, jactitate, bring down, toss, trounce, welt, cut out, fell, push down, convulse, slash, trim down, reduce, strap, cut, cut back, strike down, knock down, trim, pull down, lather, whip, thresh, lash, down, flog, thrash about, gash, thrash, trim back, drop, mow

3. down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull downverb

   cause to come or go down

   "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

   Synonyms:
   land, push down, bring down, pull down, coldcock, mow, raze, trim down, slash, tear down, deck, take down, go through, cut out, dismantle, cut, belt down, trim back, trim, floor, fell, fine-tune, shoot down, kill, reduce, toss off, pour down, level, bolt down, drink down, cut back, strike down, down, refine, drop, pop, devour, dump, knock down, consume, rase, polish, blast

4. cut down, cut outverb

   intercept (a player)

   Synonyms:
   trim down, bring down, cut back, knock down, strike down, fell, trim back, scratch out, slash, down, reduce, cut, push down, drop, pull down, cut out, trim, cut off, mow

5. mow, cut downverb

   cut with a blade or mower

   "mow the grass"

   Synonyms:
   trim down, bring down, cut back, knock down, strike down, fell, push down, trim back, slash, down, reduce, cut, pout, drop, pull down, cut out, mop, trim, mow

6. fell, drop, strike down, cut downverb

   cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

   "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

   Synonyms:
   unload, push down, fell, bring down, dribble, pull down, send packing, mow, fly, drop off, dismiss, slash, drop down, sink, down, drip, degenerate, deteriorate, knock down, cut, cut out, trim back, overleap, trim, strike down, leave out, throw, cast, pretermit, put down, neglect, devolve, reduce, expend, send away, set down, flatten, swing, trim down, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, cut back, vanish, cast off, cancel, shed, omit

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1. • Baseball
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   Submitted by rinat on August 7, 2019  

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1. cut down

   Synonyms:
   fell

2. cut down

   Synonyms:
   diminish, lessen, curtail

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1. cut down

   Synonyms:
   fell, retrench, curtail, reduce

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1. Gregory Chertok:

   ‘I’d like to cut down on junk food a little bit,’ is a goal more likely to be accomplished than ‘I’ll completely revamp my lifestyle,’ which is the kind of goal we set as a New Year’s resolutions.

2. John Ioannidis:

   Much of what makes current testing expensive is that companies are used to making a large profit, even if you were using some of the oldest technology available, a company could charge less and cut down on the cost, but everyone in a part of a large bureaucracy involved in the current system wants to take a cut.

3. Herve Keita:

   They even cut the ripe pods off the trees, they loaded it all into the sacks and then they cut down the trees and set it all on fire.

4. Persian Proverb:

   Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.

5. Marissa Parrott:

   They were flipping them over, making a very distinctive, almost surgical precision cut down the chest. They would even remove the gallbladder outside the body, which contains toxic bile salts. They knew to remove that bit. She added that the rats understood which areas of the toad were poisonous, using their sharp teeth and dextrous hands to eatthe non-toxic parts while leaving the poisonous areas stripped. In the medium-sized toads, as well as eating the heart and liver, they would strip off the toxic skin from one or both legs and eat the non-toxic thigh muscle.