Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A decrease; a curtailment.
- noun A sharp reversal of direction, as of a ball carrier in football.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a reduction in quantity or rate; a reduction in the amount of an activity or the funding for an activity.
- noun a return to an earlier scene or story line in a novel, movie, etc.
- noun (Sports) a sudden switching of directions of a running football player, a surfboarder, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A reduction in an existing program of some sort.
- noun surfing Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
- noun roofing Solvent-thinned
bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings. - noun soccer An offensive
pass played into a position further from the attackinggoal line .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb place restrictions on
- verb cut down on; make a reduction in
- verb return in time
- verb cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- noun a reduction in quantity or rate
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Examples
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The cutback is part of a larger push by the police to cut costs for parade control.
Halloween Parade Takes Short Cut Arden Dale 2010
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But if the cutback is severe, many firms may fail.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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Analysts and market participants said the drop in jet-fuel demand will add to already robust inventories, and potentially hurt refiners 'profit margins, forcing at least a short-term cutback in their oil demand.
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But if the cutback is severe, many firms may fail.
In the Future, Everyone Will Be Bankrupt for 15 Minutes 2008
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Germany was dominating a dejected Norway and almost went up 4-0 in the 78th minute when Prinz, with yet another cutback from the right, found Bajramaj, whose firm shot rattled the crossbar.
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Ginn took Smith's pitch on an end around and raced for a touchdown, leaving three Notre Dame defenders sprawled on the ground with a cutback from the sidelines 10 yards from the end zone.
USATODAY.com 2006
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It simply means that at a time when gas prices are through the roof and people are scrambling to stay afloat in a desperate American economy, that millions of people were willing to fork over their hard-earned money to sit in a theater for two and a half hours and watch a story about rich people whose idea of a cutback is two pairs of Jimmy Choo’s instead of three.
High fashion and low class make strange bedfellows in “Sex and the City” » Scene-Stealers 2008
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After all, the main target of the cutback was the United States.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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After all, the main target of the cutback was the United States.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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Post Master General says the cutback is a matter of survival.
WBIR.com - News 2010
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