Antonyms for cut down


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuht
Phonetic Transcription : kÊŒt


Definition of cut down

Origin :
  • 1520s, "gash, incision," from cut (v.); meaning "piece cut off" is from 1590s; sense of "a wounding sarcasm" is from 1560s.
  • verb fell
Example sentences :
  • After a year of that, he'll be taken into the office and his hours will be cut down to eight.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • A few, who escaped from the river, were pursued and cut down by the Syracusan horse.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • "You'll have to cut down your victim before I get there," grinned Chip.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • But the Dog was fresh; he cleared it easily, and the mother's start was cut down by half.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • And that flame-thrower that had cut down old Riley—how was that worked?
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • He had so cut down his income that he could scarcely subsist.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • I had my knife with me, and I cut down some brambles and rolled up some big stones.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Cut down the stems of perennials which have done flowering, pull up annuals that are spent, and rake and clear the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • It doesn't amuse me to be strung up and cut down and strung up again.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • In their impetuous rush they cut down twenty-five of their foes.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Synonyms for cut down

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