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
- 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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