slim down

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de perdre du poids ou de réduire quelque chose, en le rendant plus petit, plus fin ou plus efficace.

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

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Lose weightinformal

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

   maigrir

   • 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.

   Synonymeslose weightreduceslimtrim down

   Antonymesfattengain

2. Reduce size or scaleinformal

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

   réduire en taille ou en ampleur

   • 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.

   Synonymescurtailcutdownsizereducescale downshrinkstreamlinetrim

   Antonymesamplifyaugmentenlargeexpandincrease

Verbe de baseslim