to cut back on something
2cut back — cut down on, reduce something, use less of something (e.g.: I drink too much coffee, I decided to cut back ) …
3cut back — verb 1. return in time (Freq. 1) the film cut back to an earlier event in the story • Syn: ↑flash back • Derivationally related forms: ↑flashback (for: ↑flash back) …
4cut back — UK US cut back Phrasal Verb with cut({{}}/kʌt/ verb [T] (cutting, cut, cut) ► [I or T] to do less of something, or use something in smaller amounts, especially money: »With orders down, many companies are cutting back. »We are trying to cut back… …
5cut back — phrasal verb Word forms cut back : present tense I/you/we/they cut back he/she/it cuts back present participle cutting back past tense cut back past participle cut back 1) [intransitive/transitive] to reduce the amount of something, especially… …
6cut back — PHRASAL VERB If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it. → See also cutback [V P n (not pron)] They will be concerned to cut back expenditure on unnecessary items... [V P on n] The Government has cut back on… …
7cut back — verb a) To reduce the amount of (something). Some U.S. banks are cutting back their dealings with embassies and other foreign institutions in the United States because of the difficulty of complying with money laundering rules, the Wall Street… …
8cut·back — /ˈkʌtˌbæk/ noun, pl backs [count] : the act of reducing the number or amount of something : ↑reduction often + in He is opposed to further cutbacks [=cuts] in military spending. see also cut back at ↑ …
9cut down on — cut back, reduce something, use less of something (e.g.: I have been eating too many sweets, I decided to cut down on them ) …
10cut — or short cut [kut] vt. cut, cutting [ME cutten, kytten < Late OE * cyttan < Scand base seen in Swed dial., Ice kuta, to cut with a knife: the word replaced OE ceorfan (see CARVE), snithan, scieran (see SHEAR) as used in its basic senses] I… …
