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cut back

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1. cut back - Noun

2. cut back - Verb

Meaning

cut down on; make a reduction in

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

place restrictions on

return in time

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I am not easily roused to anger but I must say that this latest cry to cut back the spending of worse off people to cure a crisis mostly caused by too much spending by better off people is intolerable. Hugh Gaitskell

Our Congress passes laws that subsidize corporations, farms, oil companies, airlines, and houses for suburbia, but when they turn their attention to the poor they suddenly become concerned about balancing the budget and cut back on funds for Head Start. Coretta Scott King

Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on almost every single week - I don't know how to cut back on that. You really can't. Barbara Walters

I decided that the only way there would be a future was to start to cut back. Benjamin Cohen

[Obama] wants another stimulus, he wants to hire more government workers. He says we need more fireman, more policeman, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It's time for us to cut back on government and help the American people. Mitt Romney

If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day. Robin Wright

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