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Idioms and Phrases

Reduce the size or cost of, as in The owners decided to scale down wages . This expression, along with the related scale up , which refers to an increase, alludes to scale in the sense of “a fixed standard.” [Late 1800s]
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There will be no marathon at the scaled down event when it returns to the city next year but that does not mean she is not considering making it to a fifth Commonwealth Games.

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After that, she has to find a way to scale down the West End production for a UK tour.

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Mr Coltman said the service, which is open to the public, would have to be scaled down.

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The British and US embassies have scaled down their diplomatic staff and urged their citizens to leave the country while the Norwegian and German embassies have closed their operations in Juba.

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A spokesperson for the fire service said that the incident had been scaled down, however some crews remained in attendance while they dampen down hotspots and make the area safe.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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