Sentence examples for shorten it down from inspiring English sources
"shorten it down" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use this phrase when you want to ask someone to make a summary or simplify a long explanation. For example: "Your explanation is too long, can you please shorten it down?"
But rather than making the word longer, let's shorten it down to it's root.
First of all, if you have a long name, like Stephanie, then you might want to shorten it down to the first syllable.
The second is the ability to translate into non-negotiable principles and push it down to shorten the distance from the CEO to the front line.
Harris even goes for a touch of geek cred, showing us the first server for the World Wide Web: a NeXT cube computer used by Tim Berners-Lee and still on display at CERN, with a label on the case reading, "This machine is a server — do not power it down!" (The novel shortens this to "do not power down," but let's not quibble).
It was Nick and his classmate Kenneth Sobel who inspired Evan to shorten his axles and weigh down the front of the car with a couple of pasta shells to pull it down the ramp faster.
But Shorten played down the significance of the bill, saying it would be a "serious matter" for the government to lose a vote on the bill, but, as "it's not a matter of confidence or supply", it would not bring the government down.
Shorten played down his poor standing in the polls.
Speaking after consulting with LGBTI leaders on Tuesday, Shorten shut down government suggestions of a Labor compromising to pass the plebiscite bill.
To shorten this down I did more studying, researching & soul searching on this matter than on any thing that faced was to face me as Gov. in all my those 8 years in office.
