cut sth down
— phrasal verb with cut uk/kʌt/us/kʌt/verb present participle cutting, past tense and past participle cut
(REDUCE)
to reduce the number, amount, or size of something:
Patients were asked if they had cut down their use of painkillers.
I need to cut this section down to 500 words.
(CUT PLANT)
B2 to make a tree or other plant fall to the ground by cutting it near the bottom:
They are cutting down forests to clear land for cattle.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forestry
- afforestation
- arborist
- brushwood
- copse
- fell
- flitch
- forested
- forester
- glade
- grove
- jungle
- logger
- logging
- logjam
- old growth
- saw sth down
- spinney
- the timberline
- tree-lined
- wooded
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