shavesomethingoffsomething
phrasal verbwithshaveverb[IorT]uk/ʃeɪv/us/ʃeɪv/
(alsoshavesomethingbysomething)toreducesomething by thestatedamount:
The new highspeedtrainswillshave25minutesoff thejourneytime.
Ourpriceshave beenshavedby fivepercent!
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- haircut
- rollback
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- shave
- telescope