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"cut down to" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to mean reducing something in size or amount. For example: - "The company decided to cut down on their expenses by implementing stricter budget measures." - "After the storm, we had to cut down the tree in our yard to prevent it from falling on our house." - "The director has requested that the script be cut down to fit within a two-hour time frame."
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"We have been cut down to size.
We have cut down to the bone.
They were cut down to a man.
"You could cut down to 20,000.
"Today, Swedes have been cut down to size," he said.
His adaptation of "Medea" — which has been cut down to seventy intermissionless minutes — seems undeveloped.
The fine was cut down to $4 billion, then to $2.5 billion.
The pool will have to be cut down to 12, the roster limit for the Olympics.
President Obama wants to cut down to size those too-big-to-fail banks.
He said pointedly this week that he wanted the oligarchs cut down to size.
"He has definitely been called to task and cut down to size," she said.
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