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Definition of cut down phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

cut down

phrasal verb

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Phrasal Verbs

cut somebodydown

(formal)

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to kill someone He was cut down by an assassin's bullet.

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cut somethingdown

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to make something fall down by cutting it at the base to cut down a tree

cut somethingdown (to…)

cut down (on something)

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to reduce the size, amount, or number of something We need to cut the article down to 1,000 words. The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking. I won't have a cigarette, thanks—I'm trying to cut down (= smoke fewer).

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cut-down adjective
cut somebody down to size

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cut somebody down to size

Nearby words

cut back phrasal verb
cutback noun
cut down phrasal verb
cut-down adjective
cute adjective