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scale back

vb. To make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.

Usage examples of "scale back".

Even our British allies are tiring of the commitment to the NFZs (the French bailed out several years ago) and would like to see us drastically scale back our sorties.

But it was clear on the first day, from the outset, that the fighting would relatively quickly scale back to a mop-up operation once the centers of resistance had been crushed.

Then he put the scale back into its wooden carrying-case, which was smaller than Eliza’.

But the pres- ence of Admiral Kabreigny had forced him to scale back his expectations.