"scale back" meaning in All languages combined

See scale back on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: scales back [present, singular, third-person], scaling back [participle, present], scaled back [participle, past], scaled back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} scale back (third-person singular simple present scales back, present participle scaling back, simple past and past participle scaled back)
  1. To make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something. Synonyms: scale down Derived forms: scaleback [noun] Translations (Translations): redukować [imperfective] (Polish), zredukować [perfective] (Polish), сократи́ть (sokratítʹ) [perfective] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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