| cut back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take) |
| cut short(verb, expression, idiom, restrain) |
| elide(verb, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| retrench(verb, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| boil down(verb, expression, reduce, restrain) |
| compress(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| condense(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| contract(verb, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| decrease(verb, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| lop off(verb, expression, curtail, trim) |
| lower(verb, trim, strip, shorten) |
| telescope(contract, curtail) |
| barber(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| blue pencil(verb, expression, reduce, diminish) |
| chop(reduce, restrain, halt, diminish) |
| cut shorter(verb, expression, reduce, diminish) |
| edit(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| even up(verb, expression, reduce, diminish) |
| pare down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce) |
| put in a nutshell(verb, expression, idiom, reduce) |