CUT BACK


Meaning of CUT BACK in English

transitive verb

1. : to shorten by cutting off the end

cut back a word

: prune

cut back the shoots of a plant

2. : to return (a distillate) to a still (as in petroleum refining) ; also : to thin (as asphalt) by the addition of lighter oils

3. : reduce , decrease ; sometimes : eliminate , abolish

cut back military expenditure

cut back reforestation work

intransitive verb

: to interrupt the sequence of a plot by introducing events prior to those last presented

then the script cut back to the old man's childhood

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.