if a weapon, bullet, or illness cuts someone down, it kills or injures them
to cut through the trunk of a tree in order to make it fall to the ground
to make someone accept that they are not as important or impressive as they believe they are
to make something such as a speech or piece of writing shorter
to reduce an amount of something
to start doing less of something, especially because it is bad for your health
How can you cut down the risk of cancer?
I’m trying to cut down on salt.
The doctor advised him to cut down his working hours.
These improvements will cut down on traffic noise.
cut down
cuts down
cutting down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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