slim down

Definitions

1. 1

   To reduce weight

   To reduce weight; to make or become thinner.

2. 2

   To decrease in size or intensity.

   • The organization has slimmed down and cut back on its education programming, but the Jazz Market remains a critical gathering place in Central City, and the orchestra is more tightly bonded than before.
   • He does have the title, though, and the colorful ceremony — however slimmed-down it was purported to be — played to the emotional attachment to the country and history of his subjects, at least those who showed up and tuned in.

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