129 Cut down on

129 Cut down on

(PW) use less, reduce

My doctor wants me to cut down on sugar.

 

(free)

1. To kill or strike down.

2. To alter by removing extra or additional fittings: cut down a car for racing.

3. To reduce the amount taken or used: cutting down on one's intake of rich foods.

 

(MW) intransitive verb: to reduce or curtail volume or activity <cut down on smoking>

cut down to size : to reduce from an inflated or exaggerated importance to true or suitable stature

 

(dictionary) to lessen; decrease: to cut down on between-meal snacks.

 

(macmillandictionary) cut down something to reduce an amount of something

How can you cut down the risk of cancer?

These improvements will cut down on traffic noise.