trim back

Questions about trim back

What does trim back mean?

trim back means "cut down on; make a reduction in".

What is another word for trim back?

Close synonyms include reduce, cut down, cut back, 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 trim back a common word?

trim back is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.