Synonym: bring down, cut, cut back, cut out, down, drop, fell, knock down, mow, pull down, push down, reduce, slash, strike down, trim, trim back, trim down. Similar words: put down, outdoor, without doubt, get down, set down, get down to, beat down, next door. Meaning: v. 1. cut down on; make a reduction in 2. cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete 3. cause to come or go down 4. intercept (a player) 5. cut with a blade or mower 6. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow.
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91 To try to cut down on internecine warfare, Mr Florio oversaw annual meetings at which he encouraged publishers to work together.
92 Since then some 4 million hectares have been cut down and millions more have been destroyed by accidental forest fires.
93 The cure was slow; she ate a little more each day, cut down on the aerobic treadmill and her periods returned.
94 Also, the monsoon overcast tended to cut down the amount of solar energy available.
95 Fresh green growths should not be cut down, but any stems that have yellowed and withered can be cleared away.
96 He also served notice he aims to cut down the authority of former general Alexander Lebed.
97 If you can't give up smoking completely, at least try to cut down.
98 Give stock or personal property instead of cash to charities to cut down on capital gains taxes.
99 The street price of that little lot, cut down into 40-milligram bags, would be half a million pounds.
100 The Western sheep and cattle rangers cut down the big trees and put a stop to the burning of bush.
101 But it can greatly increase comfort levels in cost weather, and can help cut down on condensation too.
102 We've had to cut down a lot since Craig lost his job - it's been very hard for us.
103 In order to cut down on salt intake, first remove salt containers from the table.
104 The tendency in the past has been to restrict or cut down on plant proteins and increase animal protein in the diet.
105 And then, only an inning later, his catcher threw hard to second base, trying to cut down a steal.
106 Cut down on all fats, particularly those from animal sources especially lard, suet, double cream and full-fat cheeses.
107 If you find it difficult to stop drinking altogether, try to cut down as much as possible.
108 Where possible, information was coded to cut down on computer storage and processing costs.
109 And you can cut down on waste by viewing your faxes on-screen first, and skipping over junk faxes and cover sheets.
110 While air bags do cut down the number of deaths and injuries, they are not completely effective.
111 While it might cut down on drug-related crime, the total level of harm certainly would skyrocket, as more people indulged.
112 As they approached the first little island, Claude cut down on the power and turned north along the shoreline.
113 As a safeguard, the group advices pregnant women to eat healthily, cut down on drinking and avoid smoking.
114 They want me to cut down my article so that it'll all fit onto one page.
115 We want to restore the good image of football. Tough action has cut down football hooliganism.
116 The department has overspent this year and we will have to cut down our expenses.
117 It has survived well in my cold garden, coming again from the base,(http://sentencedict.com/cut down.html) even when cut down by severe weather.
118 Dr. Boxhall said I should cut down on my alcohol consumption.
119 Up to half of the tropical rain forests cut down or burned are transformed not into wasteland but into secondary forest.
120 Trees are being cut down at such a rate that the total forest cover of the Earth is decreasing rather than increasing.
More similar words: put down, outdoor, without doubt, get down, set down, get down to, beat down, next door, cut, cute, cut out, cut off, cut in, cut up, execute, cut back, cut into, scuttle, cut short, execution, executive, cut across, down, prosecutor, cut through, downs, prosecution, consecutive, widow, go down.