| pull out(expression, go, remove, leave, draw) |
| rationalize(trim, economize) |
| rebate(reduce, lower, decrease) |
| reduce(lower, decrease, trim, rationalize, economize) |
| ruin(reduce, lower, decrease) |
| shave(reduce, lower, decrease) |
| shorten(reduce, lower, decrease) |
| slash(reduce, lower, decrease) |
| slim(reduce, lower, decrease) |
| slim down(expression, trim, rationalize, economize) |
| tail off(expression, reduce, shrink) |
| take off weight(expression, idiom, reduce, lower, decrease) |
| taking out |
| taper(reduce, lower, decrease, shrink) |
| tone down(expression, reduce, lower, decrease) |
| trim(reduce, lower, decrease, rationalize, economize) |
| truncate(reduce, lower, decrease) |
| turn down(expression, reduce, lower, decrease) |
| weaken(reduce, lower, decrease) |
| weed out(verb, slowly) |