slim down

phrasal verb

slimmed down; slimming down; slims down

1

: to lose weight : to become thinner

2

: to make (something) smaller : reduce

We have to slim down the company's advertising budget.

Examples of slim down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Looking ahead to fiscal 2026, P&G is projecting a headwind from tariffs of $600 million before taxes. P&G, which owns Pampers, Tide and Swiffer, is planning a broader effort to reevaluate its portfolio, restructure its supply chain and slim down its corporate organization. —Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 5 June 2025

Companies are looking for new opportunities to streamline their marketing content creation, bring new forms of creativity and slim down their advertising budgets. —Nick Leighton, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

Quartz’s Harri Weber has more on Novo Nordisk’s big slim down. —Quartz Staff, Quartz, 1 June 2025

Critics say work requirements are a backhanded way to slim down the Medicaid rolls, since the paperwork requirements of such programs have proved so onerous that eligible people drop out, causing the uninsured rate to rise. —Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025

Rhymes for slim down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown