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Definition of "cut back" []

  • To reduce the amount of (something). (verb)
  • To reduce spending. (verb)
  • To reduce consumption. (verb)

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Use "cut back" in a sentence
  • "Nutritionists often encourage people to cut back on sugar-sweetened beverages."
  • "After all, the city council members and their budget committee could have reprioritized their budget to cut back on street sweeping, park maintenance, library hours, raises and benefits for city employees, or other things less crucial to the public safety and welfare, and gotten by on the existing tax base without leaving the citizens vulnerable to criminals every night."
  • "Of course there was a lane there that made a short cut back to the main road to Eau Galle, and if she hurried she might catch them before they came into town."