cut (or pare) something to the bone

cut (or pare) something to the bone
cut (or pare) something to the bone
reduce something to the bare minimum.
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  • pare something to the bone — cut/trim/pare/something to the bone phrase to reduce something to the lowest possible level or amount We’ve had to cut our profit margins to the bone in order to survive. Thesaurus: to reduce somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • cut something to the bone — cut/trim/pare/something to the bone phrase to reduce something to the lowest possible level or amount We’ve had to cut our profit margins to the bone in order to survive. Thesaurus: to reduce somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • trim something to the bone — cut/trim/pare/something to the bone phrase to reduce something to the lowest possible level or amount We’ve had to cut our profit margins to the bone in order to survive. Thesaurus: to reduce somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • bone — bone1 [ boun ] noun *** 1. ) count one of the hard parts that form a frame inside the body of a human or animal. This frame is called a skeleton: She fell and broke a bone in her foot. Cook the fish, then carefully remove the bones. He was thin,… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bone — I UK [bəʊn] / US [boʊn] noun Word forms bone : singular bone plural bones *** 1) [countable] one of the hard parts that form a frame inside the body of a human or animal. This frame is called a skeleton She fell and broke a bone in her foot. Cook …   English dictionary

  • bone — noun 1》 any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates.     ↘(one s bones) one s body. 2》 the calcified material of which bones consist.     ↘a thing made of a substance resembling bone, e.g. a strip of stiffening …   English new terms dictionary

  • pare — [ per ] verb transitive 1. ) to reduce the total number or amount of something: pare something down/back: The list has been pared down from 9 states to 4. pare something to the bone (=reduce it by as much as you can): Government spending on… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pare — UK [peə(r)] / US [per] verb [transitive] Word forms pare : present tense I/you/we/they pare he/she/it pares present participle paring past tense pared past participle pared 1) to reduce the total number or amount of something pare something… …   English dictionary

  • pare — [peə US per] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: parer to prepare, make neat , from Latin parare to prepare ] 1.) to cut off the outer layer of something, using a sharp knife ▪ Pare the rind from the fruit. 2.) to reduce the amount,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pare — verb (T) 1 to cut off the thin outer part of something using a sharp knife: Pare the onions then cut them. 2 to cut your nails so that they look neat pare sth down phrasal verb (T) to gradually reduce an amount or number: The workforce has been… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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