cut-down
Verbs
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(v) cut down on; make a reduction in
- reduce your daily fat intake
- The employer wants to cut back health benefits
- (v) cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete slash,
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(v) 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
- (v) intercept (a player) cut out,
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(v) cut with a blade or mower
- mow the grass
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(v) cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- strike down a tree
- Lightning struck down the hikers