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pare down

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To reduce by paring or a similar gradual process.

idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

Deutschbeschneiden
Русскийобстру́гивать
日本語剗
7 more languages
Bosanskiruna
Češtinaořezatosekatsnížitzredukovat
Hrvatskiruna
한국어剗
Te Reo Māoriruna
Српскиruna
Svenskaskära 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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See also

pare to the bone pared pared down pared to the bone parent parented

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