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      [Idiom]  | "down to size" 


      1: —used with cut, bring, etc., to refer to making someone realize that he or she is not as powerful and important as he or she thought

      [Verb]  | "cut down" 


      1: to strike down and kill or incapacitate

      2: knock down

      3: to remodel by removing extras or unwanted furnishings and fittings


      Origin: 1571 ;

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       [ "down size" ]

      1: corporate euphemism for "let's save a little money by firing half our staff and making the other suckers work twice as hard."

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