cut down
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(verb) intercept (a player), in baseball |
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Synonyms: cut out |
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Related Words: arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back |
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(verb) cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
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Synonyms: bring down, cut, cut back, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down |
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Related Words: cut, decrease, deflate, detract, inflate, knock off, lessen, minify, retrench, shave, shorten, slash, take away, thin, thin out |
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(verb) cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" |
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Synonyms: mow |
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Related Words: cut, scythe |
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(verb) cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete |
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Synonyms: slash |
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Related Words: cut |
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(satellite adjective) cut down; "the tree is down" |
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Synonyms: cut, down |
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(verb) cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect" |
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Synonyms: down, knock down, pull down, push down |
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Related Words: strike |
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(verb) as of trees or people |
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Synonyms: drop, fell, strike down |
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Related Words: chop down, cut, cut, log, lumber, poleax, poleaxe |
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