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cut down

To bring down by cutting.
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They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot.

Submitted on August 27, 2012

Additional definitions for 'cut down':

cut downTo insult, to belittle.
cut downTo reduce the amount of something.
cut downPut down, deprecate, put someone in their place, tell 'em off, demean, cut someone down to size.
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reducir

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сократить

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