- Be extremely thrifty
- Be frugal
- Be thrifty
- Be unduly thrifty
- Be very thrifty
- Cut back
- Cut corners
- Abate
- Abatement
- Cut back
- Decline Reed case, surprisingly
- Dee cares about decline
- Diminish
- Fall off and die around third of March
- Cut back
- Fell often, in his prime
- Cut back
- Peeled
- Peeled (apple)
- Trimmed
- of Pare
- Cut back
- Dried plum
- Trim (tree)
- Trim growth of
- To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or
shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by
trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay.
- To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
- To preen; to prepare; to dress.
- Brought down
- Cut back
- Discounted terribly crude journalist
- Made smaller
- Made smaller or less
- rebated
- Shortened
- Better
- Cut back
- Perfect
- Perfect (one’s skills)
- Polish, sharpen
- Sharpen
- Sharpen on a whetstone