pare down

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pare down

verb pares down · paring down · pared down

idiomatic, transitive To reduce by paring or a similar gradual process. As companies keep paring down their delivery times – from two days to a day to two hours to an hour – longer stretches of the last mile will have to run through urban territory.

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verb to reduce by paring

Deutsch	beschneiden
Русский	обстру́гивать obstrúgivatʹ

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@misc{pare_down_2026,
  title = {pare down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pare%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}