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Meaning of pare down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To reduce by paring or a similar gradual process.

idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

Čeština ořezat osekat snížit
Deutsch beschneiden
Svenska skära ner

Examples

“As companies keep paring down their delivery times – from two days to a day to two hours to an hour – longer stretches of the last mile will have to run through urban territory.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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