trim down

Questions about trim down

What does trim down mean?

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

What is another word for trim down?

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

trim down 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.