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cut back(verb, phrasal verb, cut, reduce)
11
cut down(verb, phrasal verb, cut, reduce)
10
boil down(verb, phrasal verb, close, cut)
7
cut short(verb, idiom, stop, cut)
4
cut off(verb, phrasal verb, end, cut)
4
take in(verb, phrasal verb, shortness)
4
take out(verb, phrasal verb, cut, condense)
3
cut off short
3
cut out(verb, phrasal verb, cut, condense)
3
pare down(verb, cut, reduce, restrain)
3
scale down(verb, phrasal verb)
3
waste no words
2
edit out(verb, phrasal verb)
2
get to the meat(verb, idiom, cut, reduce)
2
put in a nutshell(verb, idiom, cut, reduce)
2
stop short(verb, end, cut, halt)
1
become smaller(verb, decline, reduce, moderate)
1
blue pencil(verb, cut, reduce, diminish)
1
boiled down(adjective, short, unsustained)
1
bring down(verb, phrasal verb)
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