Cut down
Reduce the amount of something
Meanings
- Reduce the amount of something (separable [optional], International English)
- Shoot (separable [optional], International English)
Examples
- I'm trying to CUT DOWN the amount of coffee I drink during the day.
- The logger CUT the tree DOWN.To reduce the amount of something.
- After Christmas he didn't carefully detach all the decorations, he just CUT them all DOWN.