cut back
cut
kƌt
kat
back
bÃĻk
bāk
/kˈʌt bˈak/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "cut back"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to cut back
[phrase form: cut]
01

āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to decrease something such as size or cost, to make it more efficient, economical, or manageable
Transitive: to cut back on sth
to cut back definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Environmental initiatives aim to encourage people to cut back on energy consumption.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to go back in time
Intransitive: to cut back | to cut back to a time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The novel 's narrative often cut back to the protagonist's childhood, providing insights into their formative years.
āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāϕ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧈āĻļāĻŦ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ āύāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to do or consume less of something such as food or activities, usually to improve overall health
Transitive: to cut back on food or activities
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Health officials recommended that individuals cut back on their intake of processed foods for better well-being.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϜāĻžāϤ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
04

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻž

to cut off the top parts of a tree, bush, or other plant to either reduce their size or help them grow
Transitive: to cut back a plant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To maintain the hedge 's neat appearance, it 's essential to cut back the overgrown branches regularly.
āĻšā§‡āĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ