pare down

cut back decrease diminish downsize halt lessen reduce shorten slash trim

abbreviate chop clip contract cramp cut dock lop minify retrench truncate

boil down get to meat put in nutshell roll back

develop enlarge expand extend grow increase lengthen raise strengthen

amplify stretch

prolong

shear

chop clip crop cut mow pare prune snip truncate

cut back cut down

lengthen

cut back shave shear shorten snip

clip dock eliminate exclude gut lop reduce shape skive thin

knock off

accept include welcome

clip curtail cut cut back cut down mow pare prune shave shear shorten whittle down

abbreviate barber bob crop dock edit lop plane snip tidy truncate

blue pencil boil down even up put in a nutshell slice off

increase lengthen

expand

develop let grow