"trim down to size" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: trims down to size [present, singular, third-person], trimming down to size [participle, present], trimmed down to size [participle, past], trimmed down to size [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} trim down to size (third-person singular simple present trims down to size, present participle trimming down to size, simple past and past participle trimmed down to size)
  1. Synonym of cut down to size Synonyms: cut down to size [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-trim_down_to_size-en-verb-BVqZ4psi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trimmed down to size",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trimmed down to size",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              18,
              55
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1962, W. Cleon Skousen, So You Want to Raise a Boy?, page 106:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
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              11,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2005, Louis L'Amour, To Tame a Land, page 102:",
          "text": "I seen him trim Ollie Burdette down to size and run him out of town.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              27,
              58
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2012, Daniel W. Patterson, The True Image, page 296:",
          "text": "Someone may have wanted to trim a local dandy down to size.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Synonym of cut down to size"
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  "word": "trim down to size"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trims down to size",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trimming down to size",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trimmed down to size",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      "form": "trimmed down to size",
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              11,
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