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[1] |
cut (back)
,
cut down
,
cut back
,
cut down (on)
,
decrease
,
trim
,
trim down
,
diminish
,
moderate
,
trim back
,
cut
,
abate
,
lessen
,
bring down
,
shorten
,
truncate
,
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
curtail
,
crop
,
trim
,
compress
,
restrict
,
limit
,
stunt
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[2] |
ease (up on)
,
let up (on)
,
decrease
,
mitigate
,
tone down
,
slacken up (on)
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[3] |
lose weight
,
slim (down)
,
diet
,
trim down
,
(Mainly US) slenderize
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[4] |
change
,
modify
,
adjust
,
turn
,
convert
,
break down/up
,
grind
,
rub
,
triturate
,
pulp
,
powder
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[5] |
cut
,
decrease
,
trim
,
bring down
,
lower
,
drop
,
mark down
,
slash
,
(Colloq) knock down
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[6] |
demote
,
come down
,
boil down
,
degrade
,
lower
,
downgrade
,
break
,
humble
,
(Military) (US/Canadian) bust
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[7] |
diminish
,
shrink
,
lessen
,
bring down
,
depreciate
,
subdue
,
belittle
,
minimize
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[8] |
Medicine set
,
adjust
,
reset
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[9] |
scale down
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[10] |
deoxidize
,
deoxidise
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[11] |
tighten
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[12] |
repress
,
quash
,
keep down
,
subdue
,
subjugate
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[13] |
abridge
,
foreshorten
,
abbreviate
,
shorten
,
cut
,
contract
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[14] |
boil down
,
decoct
,
concentrate
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[15] |
boil down
,
concentrate
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[16] |
dilute
,
thin
,
thin out
,
cut
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[17] |
melt off
,
lose weight
,
slim
,
slenderize
,
thin
,
slim down
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