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scaled back

scaled back is the simple past and past participle of scale back.

Meaning of scale back

Verb

scale back (third-person singular simple present scales back, present participle scaling back, simple past and past participle scaled back)

  1. To make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.
    • I scaled back my hours to be with the kids more.
    Synonyms:
    scale down
    Antonyms:
    scale up, scale out

Questions about scaled back

What is scaled back the simple past and past participle of?
Scaled back is the simple past and past participle of scale back.

Words near scaled back in the dictionary

  1. scaleboard plane
  2. scaleboard planes
  3. scaleboards
  4. scalebound
  5. scaled
  6. scaled back
  7. scaled copies
  8. scaled copy
  9. scaled dove
  10. scaled doves
  11. scaled down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scaled back (page history and authors); scale back (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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