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recede(verb, action, go, cut, open)
13
deflate(verb, action, cut, reduce, diminish)
13
trim(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, halt)
11
evaporate(verb, action, drop, quiet, cut)
10
close(verb, move, action, drop, set)
10
truncate(verb, cut, decline, reduce, restrain)
8
taper(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce)
7
cut back(verb, expression, cut, decline, reduce)
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cut down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut)
7
settle(verb, action, drop, order, close)
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clip(verb, cut, decline, reduce, press)
6
sink(verb, drop, get, go, cut)
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waste(verb, action, drop, quiet, cut)
5
become smaller(verb, expression, idiom, drop, decline)
5
crop(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish)
5
minify(verb, decline, reduce, restrain, ease)
5
scale down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, reduce)
4
drain(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce)
4
lighten(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce)
4
minimize(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease)
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