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trim down to size

trim down to size verb: synonym of cut down to size.

Verb

trim down to size (third-person singular simple present trims down to size, present participle trimming down to size, simple past and past participle trimmed down to size)

  1. Synonym of cut down to size.
    • If parents try to trim a 7-year-old egoist down to size with sarcastic quips or disparaging comments, they only add to his sense of inferiority and thereby agitate his continued construction of a defensive front.1962, W. Cleon Skousen, So You Want to Raise a Boy?, page 106
    • I seen him trim Ollie Burdette down to size and run him out of town.2005, Louis L'Amour, To Tame a Land, page 102

Synonyms of trim down to size

Forms of trim down to size

third-person singular presenttrims down to size
present participletrimming down to size
past participletrimmed down to size
pasttrimmed down to size

Questions about trim down to size

What does trim down to size mean?
Trim down to size means synonym of cut down to size.
What part of speech is trim down to size?
Trim down to size is a verb.
What is the past tense of trim down to size?
The past tense of trim down to size is trimmed down to size.

Words near trim down to size in the dictionary

  1. trilophosaurs
  2. trilostane
  3. triluminar
  4. trim
  5. trim down
  6. trim down to size
  7. trim line
  8. trim lines
  9. trim one's sails
  10. trim parties
  11. trim party

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