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trim down en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To lose weight.
    • I'm hoping to trim down this year.
  2. (qualifier:venture capital; venture management; venture capital; venture management) To deliberately shed operational inefficiencies, including the elimination of non-essential projects and the reduction of headcount or other overhead in order to focus resources exclusively on a startup's most profitable growth engines.
    • The decision has been made to trim down by laying off all unessential personnel, and investing the resulting savings into automated systems and software, so that we can scale the business more efficiently in the short run, prior to the upcoming IPO.

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trimmed down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
trimmed down Tense=Past lexicographic
trimming down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
trims down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic