trim down

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de réduire quelque chose en taille, en quantité ou en coût, souvent en coupant ou en enlevant des parties.

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

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Reduce size or weightinformal

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

   Réduire (taille ou poids)

   • 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.

   Synonymescurtailcut backcut downlessenpare downreduceshrinkslim downwhittle down

   Antonymesaugmentenlargeexpandextendincreaseswell

2. Simplify or reduceinformal

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

   Simplifier ou réduire

   • 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.

   Synonymescondensecurtailcutdownsizepareprunereducescale downsimplifystreamlinetightenwhittle down

   Antonymesaugmentcomplicateelaborateexpand

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