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trim down to size en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Synonym of cut down to size.
    • If parents try to trim a 7-year-old egoist down to size with sarcastic quips or disparaging comments, they only add to his sense of inferiority and thereby agitate his continued construction of a defensive front. 1962, W. Cleon Skousen, So You Want to Raise a Boy?, page 106:
    • I seen him trim Ollie Burdette down to size and run him out of town. 2005, Louis L'Amour, To Tame a Land, page 102:
    • Someone may have wanted to trim a local dandy down to size. 2012, Daniel W. Patterson, The True Image, page 296:

Forms

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

Synonyms

cut down to size