scale sth down
also scale sth back— phrasal verb with scale uk/skeɪl/us/skeɪl/verb [ T ]
to make something smaller than it was or smaller than it was planned to be:
A shortage of money has forced them to scale down the project.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
- take a tumble idiom
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