cut down
• cause something to fall by cutting it through at the base.
• "some 24 hectares of trees were cut down"
Similar:
fell,
chop down,
hack down,
saw down,
hew,
• reduce the size, amount, or quantity of something.
• "I should cut down my sugar intake"
cut-down
adjective
• reduced in scope or length.
• "it's a cut-down version of a DTP program"
