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| make smaller(verb, idiom, reduce, moderate) | |
| set back(check, reduce, restrain, delay) | |
| take away(verb, withdraw, withhold, deduct) | |
| take down(verb, phrasal verb, check, delay) | |
| take from(verb, withdraw, withhold, deduct) | |
| take it easy(idiom, stop, calm, dull) | |
| take the sting out(verb, idiom, calm, quiet) | |
| tune down(reduce, lower, trim, rationalize) | |
| use up(reduce, diminish, use, consume) | |
| wear out(verb, end, decline, fail) | |
| be captured | |
| be eaten away | |
| become less(verb, drop, fall, fail) | |
| become threadbare(verb, decline, diminish, use) | |
| become worn(verb, decline, diminish, use) | |
| blue pencil(cut, diminish, contract, condense) | |
| bottle up(verb, control, check, reduce) | |
| break down(verb, drop, decline, settle) | |
| breaking down(decline, collapse, deterioration, impairment) | |
| burn up(verb, blow, consume, exhaust) |
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