| abbreviate(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| barber(verb, cut, reduce, curtail, trim) |
| blue pencil(verb, expression, cut, reduce, curtail) |
| bob(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| boil down(verb, expression, cut, reduce, diminish) |
| chop off(verb, expression, remove) |
| crop(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| curtail(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| cut shorter(verb, expression, cut, curtail, tidy) |
| dock(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| edit(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| even up(verb, expression, cut, curtail, tidy) |
| lop(verb, cut, remove, reduce, diminish) |
| lop off(verb, expression, cut, remove, clip) |
| mow(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| pare down(verb, expression, cut, reduce, curtail) |
| plane(verb, cut, reduce, curtail, trim) |
| prune(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| put in a nutshell(verb, expression, idiom, cut, reduce) |
| separate by cutting(verb, phrasal verb, cutting) |