to do or use less of something: I'm trying to cut down on caffeine. She used to work 50 hours a week, but recently she's cut down.

How do you use cut down in a sentence?

1 Cut down your overall amount of physical activity. 2 Most schools are extremely unwilling to cut down on staff in order to cut costs. 3 We're trying to cut down on the amount of paperwork involved. 4 He cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet.

What is the meaning of cuts down?

: to reduce or curtail volume or activity cut down on smoking. cut down to size. : to reduce from an inflated or exaggerated importance to true or suitable stature.