WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
Huvudsakliga översättningar |
cut down vi phrasal | (reduce consumption) | trappa ner, trappa ned vitr partikel |
| If you can't give up smoking altogether, you should at least try to cut down. |
cut down on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (reduce, consume less of) | trappa ner på ngt, trappa ned på ngt vbal uttr |
| | dra ner på ngt, dra ned på ngt vbal uttr |
| | trappa ner ngt, trappa ned ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| It's hard to cut down on alcohol when my friends keep inviting me out for drinks. |
cut [sth] down, cut down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (reduce) | skära ner ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | skära ner på ngt vbal uttr |
| When the team decided to cut down their roster, everyone was upset. |
cut [sth] down, cut down [sth] vtr + adv | (tree: fell) | hugga ner ngt, hugga ned ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | fälla vtr |
| It's a pity that they cut down that old tree. |
cut [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | figurative (kill, strike down) | döda vtr |
| (bildlig) | fälla vtr |
| Many soldiers were cut down by enemy fire. |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
Huvudsakliga översättningar |
cut-down adj | figurative (reduced in number) | minskad adj |
| (bildlig) | nedskuren adj |
| During the pandemic restrictions, musicians and comedians had to perform to cut-down audiences. |
cut-down adj | figurative (reduced in size) | förminskad adj |
| | förkrympt adj |
| This theatre company performs cut-down versions of Shakespeare plays for schoolchildren. |
cut-down adj | (tree, etc.: severed and fallen) | nedhuggen adj |
| The forest was dotted with the stumps of cut-down trees. |