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cutting back

verb , present participle of cut back

Synonyms and Antonyms of cutting back

1 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument

we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street

Synonyms of cutting back

bobbing, clipping, cropping, cutting, docking, lopping (off), nipping, paring, polling, pruning, shaving, shearing, snipping, trimming

Words Related to cutting back

skiving, whittling

manicuring, mowing

pinching, stumping

curtailing, shortening

Near Antonyms of cutting back

elongating, extending, lengthening

2 to make less in extent or duration

cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend

Synonyms of cutting back

abbreviating, abridging, curtailing, docking, eliding, shortening, syncopating, truncating

Words Related to cutting back

abstracting, digesting, encapsulating, epitomizing, recapitulating, summarizing, summing up

abating, compressing, constricting, contracting, cutting, cutting down, paring, pruning, trimming

decreasing, de-escalating, deflating, diminishing, downsizing, dwindling, lessening, lowering, moderating, modifying, reducing, retrenching, shrinking, slashing, subtracting (from), tapering

Near Antonyms of cutting back

enlarging, expanding, supplementing

adding, aggrandizing, amplifying, augmenting, ballooning, boosting, dilating, escalating, heightening, increasing, maximizing, pumping up, raising

blowing up, distending, inflating, swelling

Antonyms of cutting back

elongating, extending, lengthening, prolonging, protracting

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