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scale down
Idioms and Phrases
Reduce the size or cost of, as in The owners decided to scale down wages . This expression, along with the related scale up , which refers to an increase, alludes to scale in the sense of 鈥渁 fixed standard.鈥 [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
Mr Bisaria notes that a broader set of measures was also proposed to scale down engagement with Pakistan, most of which were subsequently implemented.
In pursuit of that vision, Trump in February issued an executive order calling on federal agencies to radically scale down their operations.
There will be no marathon at the scaled down event when it returns to the city next year but that does not mean she is not considering making it to a fifth Commonwealth Games.
After that, she has to find a way to scale down the West End production for a UK tour.
Mr Coltman said the service, which is open to the public, would have to be scaled down.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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