Meaning: If you pare something back, you reduce the size or numbers.
Example: They have had to PARE BACK the services they offer as their funding was reduced.
Notes:
- Separable [optional]
- International English
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We have 2 phrasal verbs with 'PARE'
- Pare back - Pare down
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