retrench
Day 10Level 2rih-TREHNCH
cut down
to cut down; to reduce
Part of Speech: verb
Synonyms:
excise, remove, shorten
Example Sentence:
The corporate sector, which had already scaled back on investment activity, may retrench further.
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