Phrasal Verb: Cut down

Cut down - Consume less

Example:

I'm trying to CUT DOWN the amount of coffee I drink during the day.

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Cut down - Shoot

Example:

A lot of soldiers were CUT DOWN by enemy fire as they stormed the airport.

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Cut down - Reduce a vertical thing to ground level by cutting

Example:

The logger CUT the tree DOWN.

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Contributed By: BobK

Cut down - Cut something from a high position

Example:

After Christmas he didn't carefully detach all the decorations, he just CUT them all DOWN.

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