Definition
To insult, to belittle.
To reduce the amount of something.
To slay, often in great numbers.
In Context
- "He wants to cut down on extra steps."
- "Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar."
- "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 been cut down from last winter's 580 to 520 pages only."
- "I will cut you down where you stand."