Money & finance
cut down
reduce the amount or level of something
To make the amount or level of something smaller.
Hear it in real life
How did you save money this month?
I cut down my food delivery costs.
We've cut down travel costs by sharing a car.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We cut down our travel costs of 20 percent.
Say: We cut our travel costs by 20 percent.
Use “cut costs by” with a specific amount of reduction.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
cut down costs; cut down travel costs; cut down on something
Your turn: say it out loud
We've cut down travel costs by sharing a car.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
cut down
reduce the amount or level of something
“We've cut down travel costs by sharing a car.”
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