Comprehensive
Dictionary Suite
Help
Help
Help
 
Advanced Dictionary      
Lookup History
scale back

scale back

 
pronunciation:
skeIl baek
See:
scale
part of speech: phrase
definition: to reduce the size or extent of something from what it currently is or what it previously had been.
We'll have to significantly scale back our project if we don't get all the funding we need.The company was forced to scale back its operations in the region due to political unrest.