severely cut back
Frequency: 6.38.8 per million words
to reduce the amount of something to a great degree
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- The company had to severely cut back on its workforce after the merger.
- Due to the recession, government funding for the arts has been severely cut back.
- We've had to severely cut back on our household spending this year.
- If sales don't improve, we will be forced to severely cut back production.
- The hospital was forced to severely cut back on non-essential services.
- School programs will be severely cut back if the budget isn't approved.
- After losing his job, he needed to severely cut back his expenses.
- Farmers have severely cut back on planting due to the prolonged drought.
- The newspaper has severely cut back its print edition, focusing more on digital content.
- After they severely cut back on staff, employee morale plummeted.