1. A reduction in quantity or rate
   "The company announced cutbacks in spending to improve profitability"

1. Make a reduction in, cut down on
   "The employer wants to cut back health benefits";
   - reduce, cut down, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
    
2. Place restrictions on
   "cut back drinking in school";
   - restrict, curtail, curb
    
3. Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
   "cut back the plants in the garden";
   - snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune
    
4. Return in time
   "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story";
   - flash back

Derived forms: cuts back, cutbacks, cut back, cutting back

See also: cut

Type of: circumscribe, confine to, decrease, diminution, lessen, limit, minify, reduction, return, step-down, thin out

Encyclopedia: Cutback