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cutback
[kuht-bak]
noun
a reduction in rate, quantity, etc..
a cutback in production.
a return in the course of a story, motion picture, etc., to earlier events.
Football., a play in which the ball-carrier abruptly reverses direction, especially by starting to make an end run and then turning suddenly to run toward the middle of the line.
a maneuver in surfing of heading the surfboard back toward a wave's crest.
cutback
/ ˈkʌtˌbæk /
noun
a decrease or reduction
another word (esp US) for flashback
verb
(tr) to shorten by cutting off the end; prune
to reduce or make a reduction (in)
(intr) (in films) to show an event that took place earlier in the narrative; flash back
Word History and Origins
Origin of cutback1
Example Sentences
The president has repeatedly emphasized that he views cutbacks as a way of increasing pain on Democrats.
Complaints on Russian social media about cutbacks to bus routes and bare store shelves, while unverified, are becoming more prevalent.
But private air travel has survived—nay, soared—amid other cutbacks.
When you couple Medicaid cutbacks with the potential expiration of Affordable Care Act expanded subsidies, especially in states such as Texas and Florida, publicly traded hospital companies will face challenges to continued growth.
The researchers said a more “sustainable policy” will require larger water cutbacks throughout the region.
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