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to scale back
01
to decrease something in number, extent, or size
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
back
Base verb
scale
Present tense
scale back
3rd person singular
scales back
Present participle
scaling back
Past simple
scaled back
Past participle
scaled back
Examples
The school had to scale back its extracurricular activities due to limited resources.
