1. cut back on
We must cut back on eating out.
During the recession, local firms cut back on recruitment.
2. cut down on
The supermarket chain had to put 3,500 extra staff on duty in order to cut down on queues.
cut down on sweets
I need to cut down on coffee. I drink too mcuh
I want to cut down on wasting time on Facebook.
I'm trying to cut down on caffeine. She used to work 50 hours a week, but recently she's cut down.
I cut down on fast food.
If you want to keep fit, you must cut down on sweets.
You should cut down on sugar or you will put on weight.
You should cut down on the amount of coffee you drink; it’s not good for your health.
These improvements will cut down on traffic noise.
If I see later that we have cut down on speaking time then I may give the floor again.
The first step to give up smoking is to cut down on it.
If you are trying to cut down on your caffeine consumption, you can...
You'd better cut down on sweets if you want to lose some weight.
I must cut down on the sweets I eat.
3. reduce
We have considered your proposal, and we have decided that we are not able to reduce the price.
When you rely on the team too much, it may reduce your individual competitive instincts.
Moving to a smaller place will reduce the expenses.
To reduce misunderstandings we should learn the techniques for communicating successfully.
I've heard that eating one or two servings of fish a week will reduce your chances of getting heart disease.
reduce the anxiety
It cannot reasonably be assumed that decreasing the dose would reduce the risk of side-effects.
We must make the utmost effort to reduce the use of plastic packaging, and also to recycle all waste plastic.
Reduce to pulp by boiling.
Our firm is a giant one, and there are some rules and regulations, which should be revised or rescinded to reduce red tape and increase efficiency.
That company aims to reduce employee numbers by arranging a lot of retirement money for voluntary redundancies.
Many people reduce eating sweets, because sugar is not healthy.
The number of employees was reduced from 500 to 300.
We should reduce pollution in towns
I do not fear terrorists but those who want to make us fear terrorists to be able to reduce our freedom.