scaling back

collocation in English

meaningsofscaleandback

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scale
noun
uk
/skeɪl/us
/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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back
noun[C]
uk
/bæk/us
/bæk/
the inside or outside part of an object, vehicle, building, etc. that is furthest from ...
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(Definition ofscaleandbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscaling back

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There is noscalingbackon the figures announced.
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That led to an immediate and massivescalingbackin the requests made by those countries.
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There will be more bankruptcies, fewer new business starts, particularly small businesses, and a long-termscalingbackof investment plans.
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That would not be scaling up, butscalingbackand it would be perceived as a backward step.
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The greatest danger, which we must not allow, is a further rise in unemployment, a fall in demand and ascalingbackof production.
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In addition, it will not lose as a result ofscalingback; it will be able to retain £875,000 as part of today's settlement.
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The effect ofscalingbackfalls on to a relatively small number of authorities.
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Hospices are alreadyscalingbacktheir activities and cutting the number of beds that they provide.
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Yes, there is plenty more to do and there are improvements to be made, but improvements cannot come by cutting back the investment or byscalingbackthe reforms.
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We should therefore, if not in 2012, at least in the long-term perspective, look at the possibility ofscalingbackor modifying this mechanism in the future.
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In fact, though, if we want the others to come with us, we must not, at this stage, give any indication that we arescalingbackour ambitions.
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Some of thisscalingbackwill occur naturally as market conditions improve on account of how these programs have been designed.
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Funding problems and political disputes led to thescalingbackof the original plans.
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The only move left to make wasscalingback.
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This can involvescalingbackthe terminus of one designation to the end of a concurrent section.
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During that period, the network wasscalingbackand deepening in recession resulting in dismissing 5% of its workforce.
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There were also claims ofscalingbackon big name talent and that the promotion was losing around $10,000 a show.
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The study would investigate reusing the railway lines that formerly hauled bauxite now that the mining companies arescalingbacktheir use of the lines.
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Partly due to the farmersscalingbackon violent activity, and also due to the increasing presence of troop numbers.
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