slash budget

Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words

To reduce a budget by a large amount, often suddenly.

budgetVERB + budget

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Examples (10)

  • The new management decided to slash the marketing budget to cut costs.
  • Due to the economic crisis, the government had no choice but to slash the education budget.
  • The research department's budget was slashed unexpectedly, halting several key projects.
  • The company is considering slashing its travel budget next quarter.
  • If revenues don't improve, we will have to slash our operational budget.
  • Slashing the budget for public services led to widespread protests.
  • The director's first move was to slash the budget for all non-essential activities.
  • The studio has slashed the movie's budget following poor test screenings.
  • Critics argue that slashing the healthcare budget will have long-term negative consequences.
  • "We can't just slash the budget without a clear plan," the manager warned.