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cut backverb to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrumentwe need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street bob, clip, crop, cut, dock, lop (off), nip, pare, poll, prune, shave, shear, snip, trim skive, whittlemanicure, mowpinch, stumpcurtail, shorten elongate, extend, lengthen to make less in extent or durationcut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend abbreviate, abridge, curtail, dock, elide, shorten, syncopate, truncate abstract, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, recapitulate, summarize, sum upabate, compress, constrict, contract, cut, cut down, pare, prune, trimdecrease, de-escalate, deflate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, moderate, modify, reduce, retrench, shrink, slash, subtract (from), taper elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract enlarge, expand, supplementadd, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, boost, dilate, escalate, heighten, increase, maximize, pump up, raiseblow up, distend, inflate, swell in 1871 |