Synonym: bring down, clip, crop, curb, curtail, cut, cut down, dress, flash back, lop, prune, reduce, restrict, snip, trim, trim back, trim down. Similar words: set back, back, back up, back of, back on, back away, call back, pay back. Meaning: v. 1. return in time 2. cut down on; make a reduction in 3. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of 4. place restrictions on.
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(31) After the big job was finished, the builder cut back the number of men looking for him.
(32) We must cut back on expenditure in order to remain solvent.
(33) The Americans cut back the word " catalogue " and it became " catalog " .
(34) We have agreed to cut back CFC emissions by the end of the century.
(35) Try to cut back on foods containing wheat and dairy products.
(36) Cut back on those juicy burgers.
(37) Firms cut back further on orders.
(38) Take the stairs. Cut back on those juicy burgers.
(39) Investment is being cut back,(www.Sentencedict.com) and prices are falling.
(40) Louis equation has been cut back a bit. 19.
(41) The honeysuckles need to be cut back.
(42) Farmers have agreed to cut back wheat production.
(43) Our budget has been cut back this year.
(44) Cut back any plants around pond edges that are dying back, and compost them before they pollute the water.
(45) At the same time, we cut back on proposed capital expenditure and made plans to repay borrowings.
(46) There is also evidence that bureaucratic advancement may be obtained by successful efforts to cut back on departmental expenditure.
(47) But the local council says it's being forced to cut back to meet Government spending limits.
(48) Then cut back the pipe tails to the old radiator position, and cap off the pipe ends.
(49) Best Buy will cut back on orders for new computers this month, says Allen Lenzmeier, the chief financial officer.
(50) All the geraniums in their pots had been cut back.
(51) Over the past few months, governments have been considering action to cut back on emissions of greenhouse gases.
(52) Though the trees and the undergrowth had been cut back, branches and dense foliage stooped overhead.
(53) Inside, the crossing piers are cut back and a wooden barrel vault extends across all four arms of the cross.
(54) On the other hand, it perhaps also lulled government into a belief that it could cut back on core funding.
(55) It drew level, then cut back its engine, and came wallowing close alongside.
(56) Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 percent of fuel, and so cut back on carbon dioxide.
(57) In the late 1960s almost all major exporters began to cut back production, apparently believing that surpluses would otherwise become unsustainable.
(58) Repeated attempts to cut back the global total of public spending have placed an increased emphasis on control of public spending.
(59) For the last year, charity shops have had to cut back the number of toys they sell drastically because of new legislation.
(60) If patrons cut back their purchases by less than 10 percent, we would say that demand is inelastic.
More similar words: set back, back, back up, back of, back on, back away, call back, pay back, hold back, give back, go back to, feedback, draw back, backyard, go back on, keep back, look back, bring back, fall back on, background, double back, back and forth, date back to, quarterback, basketball, cut, cute, cut off, cut in, cut out.