'cut back' definitions:
Definition of 'cut back'
(from WordNet)
verb
Return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story" [syn: cut back, flash back]
verb
Cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down]
verb
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back]
verb
Synonyms of 'cut back'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- bob,
- boil down,
- capsulize,
- clip,
- compress,
- condense,
- contract,
- crop,
- curtail,
- curtail expenses,
- cut,
- cut corners,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- diminish,
- dock,
- downgrade,
- elide,
- epitomize,
- foreshorten,
- lessen,
- lower,
- mark down,
- mow,
- nip,
- pare,
- pare down expenses,
- poll,
- pollard,
- prune,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- scale down,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- simplify,
- slash,
- slow down,
- snub,
- step down,
- stunt,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take a reef,
- take from,
- take in,
- telescope,
- trim,
- truncate,
- tune down