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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
cut·back       [kuht-bak] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a reduction in rate, quantity, etc.: a cutback in production.
2.a return in the course of a story, motion picture, etc., to earlier events.
3.Football. a play in which the ball-carrier abruptly reverses direction, esp. by starting to make an end run and then turning suddenly to run toward the middle of the line.
4.a maneuver in surfing of heading the surfboard back toward a wave's crest.

[Origin: 1895–1900; n. use of v. phrase cut back]
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cut·back       (kŭt'bāk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A decrease; a curtailment: "The political effects of food cutbacks could be devastating" (New York Times).
  2. A sharp reversal of direction, as of a ball carrier in football.

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cutback

noun
a reduction in quantity or rate 

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