cut down
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cut
down
reduce
the
amount
or
quantity
of: 〜の量や質を減らす
«…の,を» 量を減らす, 削減する «on»
cut
something
down
make something, especially a
tree
,
fall
by
cutting
it through at the
base
.: 何か、特に木を付け根を切り抜いて倒す
〈木など〉を切り倒す
cut
someone
down
(of a
weapon
,
bullet
, or
disease
)
kill
or
injure
someone: (武器、銃弾、病気が)人を殺す、傷つける
｟文｠ (刃物･銃などで)〈人〉を傷つける, 殺す; 〈病気が〉〈人〉を倒す
e.g.
Barker had been cut down by a sniper's bullet.: バーカーは狙撃手の銃弾で倒された。
#phrasal_verb