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  2. to spend less, do less, or use less of something: cut back on The government has announced plans to cut back on defence spending by 10 percent next year. If exercise is causing you pain, you should cut back. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Budgeting money.

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      CUTBACK definition: 1. a reduction in something, made in...

  3. 6 days ago · 1. to make shorter by cutting off the end. 2. to reduce, decrease, or discontinue ( production, personnel, etc.) 3. US. to go back to earlier narrative events, as in a novel or film. 4. US. to change direction suddenly, as in football. See full dictionary entry for cut. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

  4. 1. : to interrupt the sequence of a plot (as of a movie) by introducing events prior to those last presented. 2. : cut down. cut back on sugar. Synonyms. Verb. bob. clip.

  5. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English cut back phrasal verb 1 to reduce the amount, size, cost etc of something on Several major hospitals are cutting back on staff at the moment. cut something ↔ back Education spending cannot be cut back any further.

  6. To cut back is to trim something that's growing, like your front lawn or the crazy vines on the side of your house. You can even cut back on your spending, if it's out of control. You can cut back your rose bush, and you can also cut back on the amount of money you spend, or reduce it.

  7. 4 days ago · 1. a reduction in rate, quantity, etc. a cutback in production. 2. a return in the course of a story, motion picture, etc., to earlier events. 3. American Football. a play in which the ball-carrier abruptly reverses direction, esp. by starting to make an end run and then turning suddenly to run toward the middle of the line. 4.

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