a nip (here) and a tuck (there)
US informala series of small reductions:
The department made a nip here and a tuck there, but they were still way over budget.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making smaller or less
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- boil (sth) down
- dive
- drain
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- miniaturize
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
- take a tumble idiom
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