Defenition of the word cut back
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Defenition of the word cut back
- return in time; of films or stories
- cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
- place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
- cut back the growth of, of bushes and trees
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
- return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"
- place restrictions on
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- return in time
Synonyms for the word cut back
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- bring down
- clip
- crop
- curb
- curtail
- cut
- cut down
- dress
- flash back
- lop
- prune
- reduce
- restrict
- snip
- trim
- trim back
- trim down
Hyponyms for the word cut back
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- abridge
- deflate
- detract
- disbud
- downsize
- immobilise
- immobilize
- inflate
- knock off
- pinch
- poll
- pollard
- quench
- retrench
- shave
- shear
- shorten
- slash
- spill
- subtract
- take away
- thin
- thin out
- top
Hypernyms for the word cut back
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- circumscribe
- come back
- confine
- decrease
- get back
- go back
- lessen
- limit
- minify
- return
- thin out
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