cut down | Idiomator

Meaning: (intransitive,literally)To cutdownward.; (transitive,literally)To adulterate a drug.We need tocutthe cocainedown.; (transitive)To bring down by cutting.They want tocut downseveral trees to make room for the parking lot.; (idiomatic,transitive)Toinsult, tobelittle.; (idiomatic)Toreducetheamountof something.He wants tocut downon extra steps.Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying tocut downon sugar.1961October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: London Midland Region”, inTrains Illustrated, page593:By wholesale omission of connections and by the use of a microscopic scale of photographic reproduction which makes some of the most important tables difficult to read, the size has beencut downfrom last winter's 580 to 520 pages only.; (idiomatic,dated)Toslay, often in great numbers.I willcutyoudownwhere you stand.; (slang,intransitive,transitive)To shoot a gun; to shoot (someone or many people), usually to kill them.; (slang,transitive,African-American Vernacular)To challenge (someone); to prove superiority to (someone).

Examples:

EN: Couldn't it be cut down?
ES: Muy caro.
EN: He cometh up, and is cut down.
ES: Él viene y será diezmado.
EN: I beg your pardon, but didn't he tell you to cut down on the liquor?
ES: Discúlpame, ¿pero no te dijo que redujeras el alcohol?
EN: Finally, we were forced to cut down the limb.
ES: Finalmente, nos vimos obligados a cortar la rama.
EN: Chimneys and smoke, all the trees cut down, piles of pots all over the place.
ES: Sin árboles y montañas de cerámica por todas partes.
EN: You know, I'm going to have to cut down on my drinking.
ES: ¿Sabes? , voy a tener que reducir mi consumo de alcohol.
EN: I don't have to cut down on my drinking.
ES: No tengo que reducir mi consumo de alcohol.
EN: Listen. You have to cut down on this night life.
ES: Pero escucha, será mejor que dejes de parrandear por las noches.
EN: but regarding Madame Pretorius' nerves I must ask you in all politeness to cut down your visits just a little bit allow me to tell you one thing, professor not ten horses could drag me again into your monkeys' den
ES: Pero en cuanto a los nervios de la Srta. Pretorius debo pedirle muy cortésmente que reduzca un poco tus visitas. Permítame decirle una cosa, profesor. Ni diez caballos podrían arrastrarme otra vez a esta casa de locos.
EN: First they choose a spot close to the riverbank. Then they cut down the rockrose and heather.
ES: Empiezan por escoger un terreno próximo a la orilla, después con la ayuda de sus mujeres, sus padres y sus amigos, eliminan la vegetación habitual de jaras y de brezos.
EN: George Washington cut down a cherry tree
ES: George Washington cortó un cerezo
EN: Yeah, but I got to cut down on that spiel.
ES: Sí, pero tengo que recortar ese discurso.
EN: Oh, I will. I'll cut down on everything.
ES: No hay problema, reduciré las compras.
EN: I've been obliged to cut down on the staff to pay expenses.
ES: Tengo que reducir personal.
EN: Tell Popsy to cut down on the music.
ES: - ¿Está bien?

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