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cut down smth. /smth. down/1)cut down trees валить деревья; cut down bushes срезать /сводить/ кустарник2)cut down one's expenses (the rations, the staff, a story, one's consumption, etc.) сокращать расходы и r. д., cut down prices снижать цены; however much I cut down I cannot make both ends meet сколько я ни экономлю cut down не могу свести концы с концами2. XI1) be cut down bushes (the overhanging branches, etc.) were cut down кустарник и т. д. был срезан; trees were cut down деревья были повалены2) be cut down in smth. he was cut down in battle (in the Second World war, etc.) он погиб /пал/ в бою и т. д.; be cut down by smth. he was cut down by paralysis его парализовало, его разбил паралич; he was cut down by a rare disease он заболел редкой болезнью, его сразила редкая болезнь3. XVIcut down on smth. cut down on clothes (on records, on sweets, on fruit. etc.) экономить на одежде и т. д.; cut down on staff сокращать штаты4. XVIIcut down on doing smth. I was told to cut down on smoking (on walking, on drinking, on swimming, etc.) мне велели меньше курить и т. д.5. XXI11) cut down smth. /smth. down/ for smb. cut down one's dresses for one's daughter (father's trousers for the boy, my skirt for my younger sister, etc.) укорачивать свои платья для дочери и т.д.2) cut down smth. /smth. down/ to smth. cut down the report to half its length (the price to five fifty, etc.) сократить доклад наполовину и т. д., cut down your article (your story, etc.) to about half its length сократите свою статью и т. д. вдвое; cut down smth. /smth. down/ between smb., smth. we tried to cut down the distance between us (between two cars, etc.) мы старались сократить расстояние между нами и т. д.
English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases. 2013.
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cut-down — cutˈ down adjective (used attrib) reduced • • • Main Entry: ↑cut * * * ˌcut ˈdown 8 [cut down] adjective only before noun reduced in length, size or range … Useful english dictionary
cut|down — «KUHT DOWN», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. reduced in size; shortened: »a cutdown automobile. 2. abridged; condensed: »a cutdown version of a novel. –n. 1. that which is cut down. 2 … Useful english dictionary
cut 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 ) … English contemporary dictionary
cut down — index abridge (shorten), curtail, decrease, deduct (reduce), digest (summarize), diminish … Law dictionary
cut down — verb 1. cut down on; make a reduction in (Freq. 8) reduce your daily fat intake The employer wants to cut back health benefits • Syn: ↑reduce, ↑cut back, ↑trim, ↑trim down, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
cut down — phrasal verb Word forms cut down : present tense I/you/we/they cut down he/she/it cuts down present participle cutting down past tense cut down past participle cut down 1) cut down something [intransitive/transitive] to reduce an amount of… … English dictionary
cut down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it. [V P on n] He cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet... [V P n (not pron)] Car owners were asked to cut down travel... [V P] If you… … English dictionary
cut down — UK US cut down Phrasal Verb with cut({{}}/kʌt/ verb [T] (cutting, cut, cut) ► [I or T] to reduce the amount or number of something: cut down on sth »The supermarket chain has promised to cut down on packaging. »This new system should cut down the … Financial and business terms
cut down — v. 1)(D; intr.) to cut down on (to cut down on smoking) 2) (misc.) to cut smb. down to size ( to deflate smb. s ego ) * * * [ kʌt daʊn] (misc.) to cut down smb. down to size ( to deflate smb. s ego ) (D;intr.) to cut downon (to cut downon… … Combinatory dictionary
cut down — 1) 24 hectares of trees were cut down Syn: fell, chop down, hack down, saw down, hew 2) he was cut down in his prime Syn: kill, slaughter, shoot down, mow down, gun down; informal take out, blow away; literary sl … Thesaurus of popular words
cut down — verb a) To bring down by cutting. They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot. b) To insult, to belittle. He wants to cut down on extra steps … Wiktionary
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