cut back

Questions about cut back

What does cut back mean?

cut back means "return in time". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for cut back?

Close synonyms include flash back, reduce, cut down, trim, trim down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cut back a common word?

cut back is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.