| abbreviate(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| abridge(verb, order, cut, reduce, diminish) |
| blue pencil(verb, expression, cut, reduce, diminish) |
| boil down(expression, order, cut, decline, reduce) |
| cut down(expression, order, cut, reduce, diminish) |
| get to the meat(expression, idiom, order, cut, reduce) |
| reduce(verb, order, cut, diminish, decrease) |
| shorten(verb, order, cut, reduce, diminish) |
| trim(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| abstract(verb, cut, reduce, review, condense) |
| barber(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| bob(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| boiled down(expression, condense, reckon, flatten, steamed) |
| break down(verb, expression, order, reduce, clarify) |
| break it down(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, clarify) |
| chasten(verb, order, reduce, clarify, shorten) |
| chop(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| clarify(verb, order, reduce, facilitate, shorten) |
| clean it up(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, clarify) |
| clean up(verb, expression, reduce, clarify, shorten) |