trim down

Verb
  1. Cut down on;
    Make a reduction in (synset 200430013)
    "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
    is a type of: decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller
    subtypes:
    • shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
    • spill - reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
    • quench - reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
    • retrench - make a reduction, as in one's workforce
    • slash - cut drastically
    • thin out - make sparse
    • thin - make thin or thinner
    • detract, take away - take away a part from; diminish
    • deflate - reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
    • inflate - increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
    • downsize - (of a company) reduce in size or number of employees
    • subtract - take off or away
    • knock off, shave - cut the price of
    same as: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back
    verb group: cut - have a reducing effect

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