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  • 81cut a swathe — {v. phr.} 1a. To mow a path through a field. * /The farmer cut a swathe through the high grass with his scythe./ 1b. To cut down as if by mowing. * /The machine gun cut a swathe in the lines of enemy soldiers./ 2. {informal} To attract notice;… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 82cut\ a\ swathe — v. phr. 1a. To mow a path through a field. The farmer cut a swathe through the high grass with his scythe. 1b. To cut down as if by mowing. The machine gun cut a swathe in the lines of enemy soldiers. 2. informal To attract notice; make an… …

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  • 83ˌcut (sth) ˈdown — phrasal verb to reduce something or do less of something These improvements will cut traffic noise down.[/ex] I m trying to cut down on salt.[/ex] …

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  • 84cut back — phrasal verb Word forms cut back : present tense I/you/we/they cut back he/she/it cuts back present participle cutting back past tense cut back past participle cut back 1) [intransitive/transitive] to reduce the amount of something, especially… …

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  • 85Down — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground (fall down; knelt down). 2 in a lower place or position (blinds were down). 3 to or in a place regarded as lower, esp.: a southwards. b… …

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  • 86down — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground (fall down; knelt down). 2 in a lower place or position (blinds were down). 3 to or in a place regarded as lower, esp.: a southwards. b… …

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  • 87down — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. downward; under, beneath, below. See lowness, descent.Ant., up, above. II (Roget s IV) prep. and modif. 1. [Having a downward motion] Syn. forward, headlong, downward, downhill, downstairs,… …

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  • 88cut back — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reduce, curtail, shorten, retrench; see decrease 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: chop1, clip1, crop, cut, cut down, lop1, lower2, pare, prune,… …

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  • 89cut back — verb Date: 1871 transitive verb to shorten by cutting ; prune intransitive verb 1. to interrupt the sequence of a plot (as of a movie) by introducing events prior to those last presented 2. cut down …

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  • 90Cut 'N' Move — Origin Århus, Denmark Genres Eurodance Past members Per Holm Jørn K MC Zipp Thera Hoeymans Zindy Laursen Cut N Move was a dance/ …

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