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Phrasal verbBand 6–7Toofey picks
cut back
/ˈkʌt ˈbæk/
phrasal verb
To reduce spending or production.
- “Companies are cutting back on travel costs.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))