Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - cut back
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Cut back
cut back
If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it. They will be concerned to cut back expenditure on unnecessary items... The Government has cut back on defence spending... We have been cutting back a bit: we did have thirteen horses, but now it’s nine. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P on n, V P, also V n P see also cutback
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1.
verb Date: 1871 transitive verb to shorten by cutting ; prune intransitive verb 1. to interrupt the sequence of a plot (as of a movie) by introducing events prior to those last presented 2. cut down ~ on sugar ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1. обрезать, укорачивать 2. уменьшать, сокращать to cut back production —- сократить производство 3. смещать события, излагать более ранние события после более поздних 4. кин. повторять данный кадр; давать "обратный кадр" ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
{v. phr.} To diminish; lessen; decrease (said of budgets). * /The state had to cut back on the university budget./ CUT BACK {v.} 1. To change direction suddenly while going at full speed. * /The halfback started to his left, cut back to his right, and ran for a touchdown./ 2. To use fewer or use less. * /After the big job was finished, the builder cut back the number of men working for him./ * /The school employed forty teachers until a lower budget forced it to cut back./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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