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cut·back
(kŭt′băk′)n.
1. A decrease; a curtailment: "The political effects of food cutbacks could be devastating" (New York Times).
2. A sharp reversal of direction, as of a ball carrier in football.
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cutback
(ˈkʌtˌbæk)n
1. a decrease or reduction
2. (Film) another word (esp US) for flashback
vb (adverb)
3. (tr) to shorten by cutting off the end; prune
4. (when: intr, foll by on) to reduce or make a reduction (in)
5. (Film) (intr) chiefly US (in films) to show an event that took place earlier in the narrative; flash back
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cut•back
(ˈkʌtˌbæk)n.
1. a reduction in rate, quantity, etc.: a cutback in production.
2. a return in the course of a story, film, etc., to earlier events.
[1895–1900]
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cutback
noun reduction, cut, retrenchment, economy, decrease, lessening A 200-person cutback in staff was announced.
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cutback
nounThe act or process of decreasing:
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cutback
[ˈkʌtbæk] N1. (in expenditure, staff, production) → recorte m, reducción f
to make cutbacks (in sth) → hacer or realizar recortes (en algo)
to make cutbacks (in sth) → hacer or realizar recortes (en algo)
2. (Cine) (= flashback) → flashback m
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cutback
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