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Textual thesaurus for "cut back"

(verb) curb, curtail, restrict

place restrictions on

curtail drinking in school


(verb) cut, cut down, bring down, trim, trim back, trim down, reduce

cut down on; make a reduction in

reduce your daily fat intake; The employer wants to cut back health benefits


(verb) snip, prune, trim, dress, crop, lop, clip

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

dress the plants in the garden


(verb) flash back

return in time

the film cut back to an earlier event in the story