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cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
Lightning struck down the hikers
strike down a tree -
cut with a blade or mower
mow the grass -
cause to come or go down
The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect - cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
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cut down on; make a reduction in
reduce your daily fat intake
The employer wants to cut back health benefits - intercept (a player)
How To Use cut down In A Sentence
- Keeping buildings low-rise and increasing the number of front doors helps to cut down bills. Times, Sunday Times
- He was being driven to work one October morning in his luxury vehicle when he was cut down by a gunman.
- Cut down your overall amount of physical activity.
- On its ground floor, executive director Amy Tobin showed me some salvaged-wood tables, benches, and a lustrously smooth black-acacia countertop created by Paul Discoe, an ordained Buddhist priest whose Oakland-based company, Live Edge, utilizes lumber from urban street trees that have been cut down due to storm damage, disease, and other reasons. Anneli Rufus: Rainwater Toilets and Slag: Touring Berkeley's Greenest Building
- And some of them have those things you used to use in the backyard to cut down the agave plant. OFF THE CHART
- The tendency in the past has been to restrict or cut down on plant proteins and increase animal protein in the diet.
- This is the place where some woodcutters cut down trees.
- He cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet.
- We're trying to cut down on the amount of paperwork involved.
- They help to cut down the number of acne bacteria in the blocked-up grease glands and reduce painful inflammation.