cut back

verb

1. 1

   place restrictions on

   curtail drinking in school

2. 2

   cut down on; make a reduction in

   reduce your daily fat intake

   The employer wants to cut back health benefits

3. 3

   cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

   dress the plants in the garden

4. 4

   return in time

   the film cut back to an earlier event in the story