Collocations for "pare"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "pare" in context.
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pare
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- pare [an apple, your fingernails, the plant]
- pare [an apple] with a knife
- pare off [skin, nails, rind]
- pare [skin] off
- the [company, business] pared down their [expenses, costs]
- the [company] pared their [expenses] down
- the [union, kidnappers] pared down their demands
- the [union] pared their demands down
- pare down the [book, manuscript, draft]
- pare the [book] down
- pare (it) down [significantly, dramatically]