trim down
phrasal verb
trimmed down; trimming down; trims down
: to become thinner : to lose weight
He trimmed down over the summer.
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This week in Major League Baseball is a critical checkpoint for teams to trim down the players on the fringes of their rosters, and the San Francisco Giants decided one veteran no longer made sense to keep around.
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
The podcaster briefly showed her husband taking an electric razor to his facial hair, which appeared to be trimmed down, before keeping the camera off him and instead showing her reactions to his transformation.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 16 Nov. 2025
To that end, Nordstrom and Macy’s are among the chains trimming down their assortments.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Even as the band fought over trimming down the song, its momentum and laser focus only grew.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
The podcaster briefly showed her husband taking an electric razor to his facial hair, which appeared to be trimmed down, before keeping the camera off him and instead showing her reactions to his transformation.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 16 Nov. 2025
To that end, Nordstrom and Macy’s are among the chains trimming down their assortments.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Even as the band fought over trimming down the song, its momentum and laser focus only grew.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Trim down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trim%20down. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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