scale back

1. To make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.

   I scaled back my hours to be with the kids more.

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1. "I lost twenty pound." "I turned the scale back."

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2. Who turned this scale back?

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3. Don't scale back your ambition.

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4. The upshot of the decision was that a number of charitable organisations had to scale back their operations.

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неправильне

• scale upрости, зростатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scale, up.
• scale downзменшити, знизитиTo reduce the size of something whilst maintaining proportion.
• scale offTo peel off
• scale outTo scale up (a system) by adding more servers or nodes.
• scale inTo incrementally enter a position on an oversold market in view of indications of a rebound trend.
• scale backTo make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.