Synonyms for cut back
cut back

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1. cut back, flash backverb

   return in time

   "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"

   Synonyms:
   trim down, restrict, bring down, prune, trim back, crop, reduce, cut down, cut, clip, curtail, dress, lop, flash back, trim, curb, snip

2. reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring downverb

   cut down on; make a reduction in

   "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

   Synonyms:
   clip, cut out, skip, strike down, ignore, cut off, put down, lop, knock down, reduce, curtail, turn off, fell, trim, tailor, visit, shave, quash, cut, overthrow, mow, land, turn out, lose weight, shrink, slew, rationalise, switch off, prune, melt off, trim down, snip, contract, dress, shorten, thin, make out, geld, rationalize, disregard, down, snub, push down, inflict, subvert, slim down, concentrate, garnish, slue, tighten, abbreviate, bring down, pull down, restrict, keep down, hack, impose, flash back, subdue, cut down, deoxidise, burn, subjugate, curb, issue, edit, edit out, come down, repress, let down, foreshorten, dilute, write out, thin out, curve, swerve, get down, scale down, crop, drop, take down, boil down, pare, slenderize, trend, lower, abridge, deoxidize, sheer, slash, veer, overturn, decoct, slim, trim back

3. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut backverb

   cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

   "dress the plants in the garden"

   Synonyms:
   line up, pare, work, crop, dress out, shave, preen, apparel, range, trim down, primp, prune, garment, snip off, cut, curtail, jog, trim back, trim, browse, garnish, arrange, sever, garb, cut down, raiment, pasture, coiffe, reduce, habilitate, discerp, coiffure, do, flash back, get dressed, rationalize, curb, plume, rationalise, cut short, coif, nip off, curry, restrict, fit out, clip, trot, dress up, decorate, cultivate, bring down, clothe, graze, tog, enclothe, set, snip, lop, dress, groom

4. restrict, curtail, curb, cut backverb

   place restrictions on

   "curtail drinking in school"

   Synonyms:
   suppress, bring down, qualify, conquer, moderate, throttle, trim down, flash back, prune, inhibit, cut, trammel, trim back, lop, trim, cut down, reduce, control, subdue, curb, stamp down, hold, cut short, confine, restrain, restrict, clip, hold in, curtail, contain, bound, limit, snip, crop, dress, check

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1. David Tate:

   Napa Valley winemakers had large water pumps and 500 feet of fire hose with a nozzle at the end, the rest of the family had chainsaws going like crazy to try to cut back the brush that was wrapped around the house.

2. George Kostyrko:

   When it is all said and done, what we are asking is that they cut back dramatically on their outdoor watering.

3. Ian Wood:

   If we cut back on oil and gas, all we'll do is import.

4. Jimmy Carter:

   Secret Service agents've cut back in the last few months. I'm 92, he's 95, and Secret Service agents thought it was time to stop working steadily all day every day.

5. Sung Won Sohn:

   Lower income workers will be hit harder, they'll have to cut back their spending immediately. That has a significant multiplying effect throughout the world.