retrench

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verb

1. tighten one's belt;
use resources carefully
• Derivationally related forms:
retrenchment
• Hypernyms:
conserve, husband, economize, economise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. make a reduction, as in one's workforce
- The company had to retrench
• Derivationally related forms:
retrenchment
• Hypernyms:
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down,
trim back, cut, bring down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s