Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trim down

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: trim -down
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To lose weight.

Intransitive verb

verb

To deliberately shed operational inefficiencies, including the elimination of non-essential projects and the reduction of headcount or other overhead in order to focus resources exclusively on a startup's most profitable growth engines.

Example Sentences

"I'm hoping to trim down this year."
"The decision has been made to trim down by laying off all unessential personnel, and investing the resulting savings into automated systems and software, so that we can scale the business more efficiently in the short run, prior to the upcoming IPO."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

trims down (present, singular) trimming down (participle, present) trimmed down (participle, past) trimmed down (past)

Synonyms

reduce cut down cut back trim trim back cut bring down

Questions

What does trim down mean?: To lose weight.

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