| pare down(verb, expression, cut, reduce, restrain) |
| recede(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, diminish) |
| scale down(verb, expression, phrasal verb) |
| squeeze(verb, close, restrict, crowd, contract) |
| subside(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, diminish) |
| syncopate(verb, close, decline, reduce, diminish) |
| tighten(verb, close, decline, reduce, diminish) |
| waste no words(expression, idiom) |
| abort(verb, stop, end, cut, halt) |
| attenuate(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, diminish) |
| brief |
| capsulize |
| censor |
| consolidate(verb, close, restrict, crowd, concentrate) |
| cramp(verb, close, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| decline(verb, reduce, moderate, diminish, lower) |
| decoct(verb, concentrate, squeeze, curtail, compact) |
| decrement(verb, diminish, decrease) |
| deduct(verb, decrease) |
| deplete(verb, diminish, decrease) |