scale down
phrasal verbscale something down
(also scale something back)
- to reduce the number, size or extent of something
- We are thinking of scaling down our training programmes next year.
- The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
- He was using scaled-down versions of his father’s tools.
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