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• cut back — {v.} 1. To change direction suddenly while going at full speed. * /The halfback started to his left, cut back to his right, and ran for a touchdown./ 2. To use fewer or use less. * /After the big job was finished, the builder cut back the number… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cut back — {v.} 1. To change direction suddenly while going at full speed. * /The halfback started to his left, cut back to his right, and ran for a touchdown./ 2. To use fewer or use less. * /After the big job was finished, the builder cut back the number… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cut back — {v. phr.} To diminish; lessen; decrease (said of budgets). * /The state had to cut back on the university budget./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cut back — cut down on, reduce something, use less of something (e.g.: I drink too much coffee, I decided to cut back ) …   English contemporary dictionary

• cut back — index decrease, diminish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• cut-back — index curtailment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• cut-back — ● cut back nom masculin invariable (anglais cutback, réduction) Bitume routier fluidifié par un diluant, qui s évapore après mise en place …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• cut back — phrasal verb Word forms cut back : present tense I/you/we/they cut back he/she/it cuts back present participle cutting back past tense cut back past participle cut back 1) [intransitive/transitive] to reduce the amount of something, especially… …   English dictionary

• cut back — UK US cut back Phrasal Verb with cut({{}}/kʌt/ verb [T] (cutting, cut, cut) ► [I or T] to do less of something, or use something in smaller amounts, especially money: »With orders down, many companies are cutting back. »We are trying to cut back… …   Financial and business terms

• cut back — PHRASAL VERB If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it. → See also cutback [V P n (not pron)] They will be concerned to cut back expenditure on unnecessary items... [V P on n] The Government has cut back on… …   English dictionary

• cut back — v. (D; intr.) to cut back on (to cut back on smoking) * * * [ kʌt bæk] (D; intr.) to cut back on (to cut back on smoking) …   Combinatory dictionary