trim something back

Once these things were done, corporate taxes need to be trimmed back a lot.

Gatti said he has worked himself down to 143 pounds and plans to trim back some more before the fight.

Some companies are trimming back their operations gradually, others have closed.

Euro Disney had to trim back its staff and some admission prices.

"The scale of our reform plans, rather than being trimmed back or downgraded, is going to be extended."

Yet they seem inclined to do the job by trimming back a little here and there - without a coherent overall plan.

"No one since 1933 has trimmed back the relentless march of shareholders' litigation."

Wall Street analysts said today's announcement was not very surprising, but it did force some of them to trim back their expectations for 1999.

After a few weeks of trimming back the sugar, you'll be surprised at how little you miss it.

Several sites have been constructed in an effort to trim back the time spent searching.