cut back

Definition of Cut Back in English :

1. cut back, flash back

return in time

Example Sentences:
'the film cut back to an earlier event in the story'

cut down on; make a reduction in

Example Sentences:
'reduce your daily fat intake'
'The employer wants to cut back health benefits'

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

Example Sentences:
'dress the plants in the garden'

4. curb, curtail, cut back, restrict

place restrictions on

Example Sentences:
'curtail drinking in school'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cut Back

to make shorter by cutting off the end

to reduce, decrease, or discontinue (production, personnel, etc.)

3. US

to go back to earlier narrative events, as in a novel or film

4. US

to change direction suddenly, as in football

1. A decrease; a curtailment: "The political effects of food cutbacks could be devastating" (New York Times).