cut down

Meaning

1. 1

   cut sth down (to…)

   to reduce the size, amount or number of sth

   We need to cut the article down to 1 000 words.

2. 2

   cut sb downformal

   to kill sb

   He was cut down by an assassin's bullet.

3. 3

   cut sth down

   to make sth fall down by cutting it at the base

   to cut down a tree

In the movies · 56

• Cut down by orcs.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002
• And then she cut down their tree.American Beauty1999
• Spends every day trying to cut downThe Wild Robot2024
• ...shall be swiftly cut down.Gangs of New York2002
• You'd just cut down on your hours.Cha Cha Real Smooth2022
• Cut him down!The Mummy1999
• We cut down on staff, keep families together.Oppenheimer2023
• - Okay. - So no trees were cut down.Inside Man2006

Learn it in full scenes

• American Beauty1999
  • Brad Warns Lester to Save His Job
  • The Burnhams' Cold Dinner
  • Jim and Jim Welcome the Fitts
• The Wild Robot2024
  • Roz Boots Up on the Island
  • Roz Becomes an Accidental Mother
  • Fink Teaches the Gosling
• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

From the same entry

• cut and run
• cut it
• cut across
• cut away
• cut back
• cut in
• cut in
• cut in
• cut off
• cut off
• cut off
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