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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To that end, Nordstrom and Macy’s are among the chains trimming down their assortments.
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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
Paramount is slashing hundreds of jobs as part of a broader effort to trim down the company’s expenditures, the latest chapter in its transformation since the legacy media brand was bought by entertainment studio Skydance this summer.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2025
Samsung relied on similar engineering tricks to trim down the Edge.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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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
Paramount is slashing hundreds of jobs as part of a broader effort to trim down the company’s expenditures, the latest chapter in its transformation since the legacy media brand was bought by entertainment studio Skydance this summer.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2025
Samsung relied on similar engineering tricks to trim down the Edge.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trim down
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“Trim down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trim%20down. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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