retrench

/ɹɪtɹˈɛnt‍ʃ/

/ɹiˈtɹɛntʃ/

to retrench

MAIN VERB

make a reduction, as in one's workforce

tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

Examples

1. After a couple of years into the program, they retrenched to 17.

2. They retreated, they retrenched to Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester and Connecticut.

3. The Tigray party retrenched in their home region, defying Abiy by holding regional elections.

4. One of my tactics with kind of that retrench is really to pull thing in.