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step down(verb, phrasal verb, reduce, decrease)
3
taper off(verb, phrasal verb, decline, reduce)
2
cut back(verb, phrasal verb, cut, check)
2
let up(verb, phrasal verb, decline, reduce)
2
roll back(verb, phrasal verb, cut, check)
2
scale down(verb, phrasal verb, cut, check)
2
slack up(verb, phrasal verb, decline, reduce)
1
become smaller(verb, decline, reduce, ease)
1
die down(verb, phrasal verb, decline, reduce)
1
ease off(verb, phrasal verb, decline, reduce)
1
grow less(verb, decline, reduce, ease)
1
mark down(verb, phrasal verb, cut, check)
1
take the bite out(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, decline)
1
take the edge off(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, decline)
1
take the sting out(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, decline)
1
tone down(verb, phrasal verb, cut, check)
1
wind down(verb, phrasal verb, decline, reduce)
1
write off(verb, phrasal verb, cut, check)
0
bring down(verb, cut, decrease, lessen)
0
cave in(verb, phrasal verb, ease, diminish)
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