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chop back

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chop something back
to prune vegetation; to reduce the size of plants by cutting. Why don't you chop those bushes back while you have the shears out? Chop back the bushes, please.
See also: back, chop


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The belief is that if housing prices swoon, it will cause so many people to chop back on their spending so drastically that it'll cause a recession or worsen an existing one.
 
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