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slim down

/slɪm daʊn/

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verb

/slɪm daʊn/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения процесса похудения или уменьшения чего-либо, делая его меньше, тоньше или эффективнее.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of losing weight or making something smaller, thinner, or more efficient.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. Lose weightinformal

    To become thinner or reduce body weight, often through diet or exercise.

    ruПохудеть

    • She has been exercising regularly to slim down.
    • He slimmed down significantly after changing his diet.
    • The doctor advised him to slim down for better health.

    Synonymslose weightreduceslimtrim down

    Antonymsfattengain

  2. Reduce size or scaleinformal

    To make something smaller, more efficient, or less extensive.

    ruСократить

    • The company plans to slim down its workforce by 10%.
    • We need to slim down the project budget to meet the deadline.
    • The team slimmed down the report to only essential information.

    Synonymscurtailcutdownsizereducescale downshrinkstreamlinetrim

    Antonymsamplifyaugmentenlargeexpandincrease

Forms
  • slimmed down past participle
  • slimmed down past simple
  • slimming down present participle
  • slims down third person singular

Base verbslim

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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