CUT DOWN


Meaning of CUT DOWN in English

1.

If you ~ on something or ~ something, you use or do less of it.

He ~ on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet...

Car owners were asked to ~ travel...

If you spend more than your income, can you try to ~?

PHRASAL VERB: V P on n, V P n (not pron), V P, also V n P

2.

If you ~ a tree, you cut through its trunk so that it falls to the ground.

A vandal with a chainsaw ~ a tree.

= chop down

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .