Everyday English
keep something to a minimum
keep an amount very low
To make the amount of something as small as possible.
Hear it in real life
Can we make some noise tonight?
Sure, but try to keep it to a minimum.
We kept the cost to a minimum by travelling outside the holiday season.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We kept the cost to a minimum by choosing the most expensive hotel.
Say: We kept the cost to a minimum by staying in a budget hotel.
Keeping a cost to a minimum means making it as low as possible.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
keep something to a minimum; keep costs to a minimum
Your turn: say it out loud
We kept the cost to a minimum by travelling outside the holiday season.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
keep something to a minimum
keep an amount very low
“We kept the cost to a minimum by travelling outside the holiday season.”
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