cutdown
reduction; decrease; diminution: a cutdown in sales.
Surgery. the incision of a superficial vein in order to effect direct insertion of a catheter.
reduced in size.
abridged or condensed: They televised a cutdown version of the movie.
Origin of cutdown
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How to use cutdown in a sentence
Mayhew, at the cutdown day news conference, expressed confidence in the collaborative roster-building process they’ve put in place.
With Washington’s 2021 roster set, one thing is clear: It’s Ron Rivera’s team now | Sam Fortier | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostI believe he was in there and did the—he helped Dr. Curtis with the cutdown, the initial cutdown.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThen, the initial cutdown that I started was ineffective and infiltrated into the tissues.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyAfter I had completed the cutdown, I went around to the right side of the patient and saw the head wound.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyWill you describe in lay language what you mean by a cutdown in relationship to what they did in this case?
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
And what, specifically, did you do pursuant to the cutdown on his leg?
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for cut down
(tr) to fell
(when intr, often foll by on) to reduce or make a reduction (in): to cut down on drink
(tr) to remake (an old garment) in order to make a smaller one
(tr) to kill: he was cut down in battle
cut a person down to size to reduce in importance or decrease the conceit of
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cutdown
Kill, as in The troops were cut down one by one as they crossed the field. [Early 1800s]
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