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pare down

VERB

curtail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cut back decrease diminish downsize halt lessen reduce shorten slash trim

STRONG

abbreviate chop clip contract cramp cut dock lop minify retrench truncate

WEAK

boil down get to meat put in nutshell roll back

Antonyms

STRONGEST

develop enlarge expand extend grow increase lengthen raise strengthen

STRONG

amplify stretch

WEAK

prolong

VERB

lop

Synonyms

STRONGEST

shear

STRONG

chop clip crop cut mow pare prune snip truncate

WEAK

cut back cut down

Antonyms

STRONG

lengthen

VERB

prune

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cut back shave shear shorten snip

STRONG

clip dock eliminate exclude gut lop reduce shape skive thin

WEAK

knock off

Antonyms

STRONG

accept include welcome

VERB

trim

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clip curtail cut cut back cut down mow pare prune shave shear shorten whittle down

STRONG

abbreviate barber bob crop dock edit lop plane snip tidy truncate

WEAK

blue pencil boil down even up put in a nutshell slice off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

increase lengthen

STRONG

expand

WEAK

develop let grow

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If regulators approve the deal, Paramount chief David Ellison is widely expected to embark on a painful round of cost-cutting to pare down the load.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

De Meo moved quickly to pare down debt, including selling Kering’s beauty business to L’Oréal for $4.65 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Target said it also plans to pare down the number of store districts.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

Not including rookies, that’s 14 players on the roster and teams must pare down to 11-12 before May 13.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

All the f’s are fractions, having values between 0 and 1; they will pare down the large value of N.. To derive N we must estimate each of these quantities.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

pare down

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