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phases down

phases down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phase down.

Meaning of phase down

Verb

phase down (third-person singular simple present phases down, present participle phasing down, simple past and past participle phased down)

  1. (transitive) To gradually reduce the size or scale of.
    • We have also, for the first time, adopted text to scale up clean power and phase down dirty coal.2021 November 13, Alok Sharma, “Alok Sharma’s remarks at the COP26 Closing Plenary”, in 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Government of the United Kingdom, retrieved 13 Nov 2021

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What is phases down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Phases down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phase down.

Words near phases down in the dictionary

  1. phaser
  2. phasered
  3. phasering
  4. phasers
  5. phases
  6. phases down
  7. phases in
  8. phases of the moon
  9. phases out
  10. phaseshift
  11. phaseshifts

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