chop down

Meaning

To curtail, shorten

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

“They decided to chop down the meeting time.”

“The manager had to chop down the project budget after the company lost a major client.”

“To ensure the report remained within the strict page limit, the editor had to chop down several lengthy paragraphs from the final draft.”

simple

“They decided to chop down the meeting time.”

contextual

“The manager had to chop down the project budget after the company lost a major client.”

complex

“To ensure the report remained within the strict page limit, the editor had to chop down several lengthy paragraphs from the final draft.”