| pare down(verb, expression, reduce, restrain) |
| abort(verb, stop, end, halt) |
| elide(diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) |
| get to the meat(verb, expression, idiom, reduce) |
| lop(verb, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| mow(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| put in a nutshell(verb, expression, idiom, reduce) |
| stop short(verb, expression, end, halt) |
| blue pencil(verb, expression, reduce, diminish) |
| chop(verb, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| cut shorter(verb, expression, reduce, diminish) |
| cut to bone(expression, adjective, idiom, reduce) |
| cut to the bone(expression, adjective, idiom, short) |
| even up(verb, expression, reduce, diminish) |
| inventory(verb, reduce, concentrate, squeeze) |
| slice off(verb, expression, reduce, diminish) |
| snip(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| sum(verb, reduce, decrease, concentrate) |
| summate(verb, reduce, decrease, concentrate) |
| tidy(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |