Usually means: Reduce to essential or simpler form.
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  1. pare down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pare down: Vocabulary.com
  3. pare down: Wiktionary
  4. pare down: Dictionary.com
  5. pare down: Rhymezone
  6. pare down: FreeDictionary.org
  7. pare down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. pare down: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Dictionary of Management Jargon (No longer online)
  3. pare down: Legal dictionary

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  1. pare down: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pare down)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To reduce by paring or a similar gradual process.

Similar:
pare, whittle down, cut down, phase down, dial down, downgrade, downscale, cut back, taper off, chop down, more...

Opposite:
expand, increase, enlarge, augment, grow

Types:
reduce, streamline, minimize, simplify, declutter, edit, more...

Adjectives:
short, taper, lower, abbreviate, cut down, truncate, moderate, skinny, down, limber, small

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Similar:
pare, whittle down, cut down, phase down, dial down, downgrade, downscale, cut back, taper off, chop down, more...

Opposite:
expand, increase, enlarge, augment, grow

Types:
reduce, streamline, minimize, simplify, declutter, edit, more...

Adjectives:
short, taper, lower, abbreviate, cut down, truncate, moderate, skinny, down, limber, small



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