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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  cut back
       v 1: return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in
            the story" [syn: flash back]
       2: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat
          intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
          [syn: reduce, cut down, trim, trim down, trim
          back, cut, bring down]
       3: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
          plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim,
           lop, dress, prune]
       4: place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn: restrict,
           curtail, curb]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cut back
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive and intransitive with '''on''') To reduce the
  amount of (something).
     2 (lb en intransitive with '''on''') To reduce spending.
     3 (lb en intransitive often with '''on''') To reduce consumption.
     4 (lb en intransitive surfing) To perform the cutback maneuver.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  cut back
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive and intransitive with '''on''') To reduce the
  amount of (something).
     2 (lb en intransitive with '''on''') To reduce spending.
     3 (lb en intransitive often with '''on''') To reduce consumption.
     4 (lb en intransitive surfing) To perform the cutback maneuver.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  cut back
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive and intransitive with '''on''') To reduce the
  amount of (something).
     2 (lb en intransitive with '''on''') To reduce spending.
     3 (lb en intransitive often with '''on''') To reduce consumption.
     4 (lb en intransitive surfing) To perform the cutback maneuver.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  cut back
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive and intransitive with '''on''') To reduce the
  amount of (something).
     2 (lb en intransitive with '''on''') To reduce spending.
     3 (lb en intransitive often with '''on''') To reduce consumption.
     4 (lb en intransitive surfing) To perform the cutback maneuver.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cut back /kˈʌt bˈak/ 
  zmenšit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cut back /kˈʌt bˈak/ 
  snížit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  cut back /kˈʌt bˈak/
  gekürzt, eingeschränkt, verringert, reduziert, zurückgefahren
        "cut back on spending"  - die Ausgaben kürzen
        "cut back on accidents"  - die Unfälle verringern
        "be savagely cut back"  - radikal zusammengestrichen werden
        "I haven't quit smoking completely, but I've cut back/down."  - Ich habe mit dem Rauchen nicht ganz aufgehört, aber ich habe es eingeschränkt.
     Synonyms: cut, cut down
  
   see: cut sth., cut back (on) sth., cut down (on) sth., cutting, cutting back, cutting down
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  cut back /kˈʌt bˈak/
  zurückschnitten, beschnitten
   see: cut sth. back, cutting back
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "cut back":
     abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bob, boil down, capsulize, clip,
     compress, condense, contract, crop, curtail, curtail expenses, cut,
     cut corners, cut down, cut off short, cut short, damp, dampen,
     decrease, deduct, deflate, depreciate, depress, diminish, dock,
     downgrade, elide, epitomize, foreshorten, lessen, lower, mark down,
     mow, nip, pare, pare down expenses, poll, pollard, prune, reap,
     recap, recapitulate, reduce, retrench, roll back, scale down,
     shave, shear, shorten, simplify, slash, slow down, snub, step down,
     stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take a reef, take from,
     take in, telescope, trim, truncate, tune down
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  修剪(树枝等);削减

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     修剪,折回

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