cut down

Definitions

1. 1

   To cut downward.

2. 2

   To adulterate a drug.

   • We need to cut the cocaine down.
3. 3

   To bring down by cutting.

   • They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot.
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   1. 4

      To insult, to belittle.

   2. 5

      To reduce the amount of something.

      • He wants to cut down on extra steps.
      • Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar.
      • By wholesale omission of connections and by the use of a microscopic scale of photographic reproduction which makes some of the most important tables difficult to read, the size has been cut down from last winter's 580 to 520 pages only.
   3. 6

      To slay, often in great numbers.

      • I will cut you down where you stand.
   4. 7

      To shoot a gun

      To shoot a gun; to shoot (someone or many people), usually to kill them.

   5. 8

      To challenge (someone)

      To challenge (someone); to prove superiority to (someone).

   6. 9

      Having been cut down

      Having been cut down; reduced in strength or power.

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