trim down

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по уменьшению чего-либо в размере, количестве или стоимости, часто путем обрезания или удаления частей.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of reducing something in size, amount, or cost, often by cutting or removing parts.

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Reduce size or weightinformal

   To make something smaller, thinner, or lighter, often by cutting or reducing.

   Уменьшить

   • She is trying to trim down before the wedding.
   • He trimmed down his expenses by eating out less.
   • The company plans to trim down its workforce.

   Synonymscurtailcut backcut downlessenpare downreduceshrinkslim downwhittle down

   Antonymsaugmentenlargeexpandextendincreaseswell

2. Simplify or reduceinformal

   To make something more efficient or less complex by removing unnecessary parts.

   Упростить или сократить

   • We need to trim down the report to just the key points.
   • The editor trimmed down the article to fit the page.
   • They trimmed down the project scope to meet the deadline.

   Synonymscondensecurtailcutdownsizepareprunereducescale downsimplifystreamlinetightenwhittle down

   Antonymsaugmentcomplicateelaborateexpand

Base verbtrim