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cut something back

to prune plants; to reduce the size of plants, bushes, etc. Let's cut these bushes back. They're getting in the way. Don't cut back my roses!

See also: back, cut

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A child on the watch, came towards them to beg; and Miss Bickerton, excessively frightened, gave a great scream, and calling on Harriet to follow her, ran up a steep bank, cleared a slight hedge at the top, and made the best of her way by a short cut back to Highbury. Emma by Austen, Jane View in context In the dead of night Ninaka and his party had crawled away under the very noses of the avengers, taking the chest with them, and by chance von Horn and the two Dyaks cut back into the main trail along the river almost at the very point that Ninaka halted to bury the treasure. The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			cuss a blue streak cuss out custody customer customer is always right cut cut a break cut a check cut a deal cut a figure cut a fine figure cut a rug cut a swath cut a swath through cut a wide swath cut above cut across cut along cut an [interesting etc.] figure cut and dried cut and paste cut and run cut around cut at cut away cut back cut back to cut both ways cut class cut coat according to cloth cut corners cut dead cut down cut down to cut down to size cut eyes at cut eyeteeth on cut from cut from the same cloth cut in cut into cut it fine cut it out Cut it out! cut loose cut loose from cut losses cut no ice cut no ice with cut nose off to spite face cut off			cut along cut along Cut Amplified Noise cut an [interesting etc.] figure cut an figure cut an figure cut an figure cut an figure Cut and Come Again Cut and dried Cut and dried Cut and fill Cut and fill cut and fit Cut and longtail Cut and Paste Cut and Paste Cut and Paste Cut and Paste Cut and Paste Cut and Paste Artist Cut and run Cut and Sifted cut and thrust cut apart cut around cut at cut away cut away cut away at cut back cut back to cut back zone Cut Bank, Montana cut both ways cut both ways cut both ways cut both ways cut both ways cut bracket cut brick Cut Cancel Cut Cap and Balance Act cut capacity Cut cavendish cut class cut cloth according to means cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut Coat to Suit cloth cut constraint Cut Copy Paste Cut Corner cut corners cut corners cut corners cut corners cut corners

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