drastically cut back
Frequency: 6.59.5 per million words
to reduce the amount of something significantly
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- Social work services have been cut back drastically.
- The company had to drastically cut back on its marketing budget.
- We will have to drastically cut back our spending if we want to save for a house.
- Drastically cutting back on sugar has improved my overall health.
- The government might drastically cut back funding for the arts next year.
- If sales don't improve, we'll be forced to drastically cut back production.
- Hiring has been drastically cut back across the entire tech industry.
- To survive the recession, you must drastically cut back on non-essential expenses.
- Since the drought began, the city has drastically cut back water allocations.
- They made the difficult decision to drastically cut back the workforce by 20%.