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Verb: cut down  kút dawn
  1. Make a reduction in, cut down on
    "cut down your daily fat intake";
    - reduce, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
     
  2. Cut with sweeping strokes; as with an axe or machete
    "The workers cut down through the dense jungle vegetation";
    - slash
     
  3. Cut with a blade or mower
    "cut down the grass";
    - mow
     
  4. Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
    "cut down a tree";
    - fell, drop, strike down
     
  5. Cause to come or go down
    "The policeman cut down the heavily armed suspect";
    - down [informal], knock down, push down, pull down
     
  6. (baseball) intercept (a player)
    "The catcher cut down the runner at second base";
    - cut out
     
  7. Criticize harshly or cruelly
    "His colleagues cut him down during the meeting"
     
  8. Kill, murder or badly injure
    "The gunman cut down three people"

Derived forms: cut down, cutting down, cuts down

See also: strike

Type of: arrest, check, contain, cut, decrease, hold back, lessen, minify, stop, strike, turn back