scalesomethingdown
phrasal verbwithscaleverb[T]uk/skeɪl/us/skeɪl/
(alsoscalesomethingback)to make somethingsmallerthan it was orsmallerthan it wasplannedto be:
Ashortageofmoneyhasforcedthem toscaledown theproject.
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