Luis Lv
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- Joined
- Sep 18, 2009
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- China
- Current Location
- China
He tried to cut down (on) smoking but failed. The sentence is taken from the dictionary.If you're talking about "cut down" and "cut down on", then no, they don't.
I'm going to cut down that tree. :tick:
I'm going to cut down on that tree. :cross:
He needs to cut down on the fags. :tick:
He needs to cut down the fags. :cross:
(Note: "fags" is slang for "cigarettes".)