Dealt with budgetary bloat

• Used a peeler on
• Trimmed back
• Skived
• Lowered, as expenses
• Made smaller
• Reduced, as expenses
• Peeled, as potatoes
• Used a vegetable peeler

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vb. (en-past of: pare )

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Pared may refer to: La Pared , a song recorded by Shakira Parents for Education , an Australian foundation which manages schools