From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cut back
v 1: return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in
the story" [syn: {cut back}, {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}, {cut back}, {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}, {cut back}]
4: place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn:
{restrict}, {curtail}, {curb}, {cut back}]
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