scale back

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skeyl bak]
- /skeɪl bæk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skeyl bak]
- /skeɪl bæk/

Definitions of scale back words

noun scale back a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures. 1
intransitivephrasal verb scale back reduce, downsize 1
phrasal verb scale back To scale back means the same as to scale down. 0
verb scale back to reduce or make a reduction in the level of activity, extent, numbers, etc 0
noun scale back scale down (or up) (see phrase below) 0

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Origin of scale back

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35; noun use of verb phrase scale down

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Parts of speech for Scale back

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Scale back

scale back popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for scale back

verb scale back

downsize — company: make redundancies

Just one Synonym for scale back