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Trim down   /trɪm daʊn/   Listen
Trim down

verb
1.
Cut down on; make a reduction in.  Synonyms: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back.  "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"






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"Trim down" Quotes from Famous Books



... had lost many of their comrades and had fought in attack and counter-attack through those days and nights went very silently, and no man cheered them. Legions of tall lads, who a few months before marched smart and trim down English lanes, trudged toward the fighting-lines under the burden of their heavy packs, with all their smartness befouled by the business of war, but wonderful and pitiful to see because of the look ...
— Now It Can Be Told • Philip Gibbs

... shapes from the drawing on to their respective layers, you saw out each carefully with a bow or a keyhole-saw, care being taken not to cut inside the lines. It is better to cut full, and trim down to the lines with a chisel or plane. A good deal of trouble can be saved by the expenditure of a few cents for having them machine-sawed, in which case ask the sawyer ...
— Boys' Book of Model Boats • Raymond Francis Yates



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