| Curb |
| check(verb, control, reduce, delay, moderate) |
| cut corners(verb, expression, manage, save, skimp) |
| cut off short(expression, idiom) |
| cut short(verb, expression, cut, restrain, curb) |
| dock(verb, take, cut, remove, reduce) |
| downsize(verb, cut, check, decline, reduce) |
| foreshorten |
| jeff(verb, diminish, abate, dent, deplete) |
| mark down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, check) |
| moderate(verb, control, cut, check, decline) |
| pare down(verb, expression, cut, reduce, restrain) |
| pare down expenses(expression, idiom) |
| roll back(verb, expression, take, cut, check) |
| shrink(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease) |
| slacken(decline, reduce, restrain, ease, delay) |
| stunt(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| take a reef(expression, idiom) |
| trim back |
| amputate(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |