put in a nutshell

Strongest matches

• abridge
• compress

Strong matches

• abstract
• clip
• condense
• contract
• cut
• digest
• encapsulate
• pare
• prune
• reduce
• summarize
• trim

Weak matches

• boil down
• cut back
• cut down
• cut off
• cut out
• get to the meat
• take out

Strongest matches

• compress
• curtail
• shorten
• summarize
• thicken

Strong matches

• abbreviate
• chop
• coagulate
• compact
• concentrate
• constrict
• contract
• cut
• decoct
• digest
• edit
• encapsulate
• epitomize
• inventory
• precipitate
• reduce
• shrink
• snip
• solidify
• sum
• summate
• telescope
• trim

Weak matches

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• boil down
• cut down
• densen
• press together
• précis
• synopsize

Strong matches

• abbreviate
• abstract
• classify
• codify
• compress
• condense
• cut
• decrease
• epitomize
• inventory
• nutshell
• reduce
• shorten
• sum
• summarize
• summate
• survey
• systematize
• tabulate
• trim

Weak matches

• boil down
• cut down
• cut to bone
• get to the meat
• methodize
• sum up
• synopsize

Strongest matches

• abbreviate
• compress
• curtail
• cut
• cut back
• cut down
• lessen
• minimize
• reduce
• shrink
• slash
• trim

Strong matches

• abridge
• bob
• chop
• clip
• condense
• contract
• dock
• edit
• elide
• excerpt
• lop
• retrench
• snip

Weak matches

• blue pencil
• boil down
• cut to the bone
• make a long story short

Strongest matches

• clarify
• cut down
• facilitate
• reduce
• shorten
• streamline

Strong matches

• abridge
• analyze
• chasten
• decipher
• disentangle
• disinvolve
• elucidate
• explain
• interpret
• order
• unscramble

Weak matches

• boil down
• break down
• break it down
• clean it up
• clean up
• clear up
• cut the frills
• draw a picture
• get down to basics
• get to the meat
• hit the high spots
• lay out
• let daylight in
• let sunlight in
• make clear
• make perfectly clear
• make plain
• put one straight
• spell out

Strongest matches

• compile
• encapsulate
• epitomize
• outline
• recap
• rehash
• sum up

Strong matches

• abridge
• abstract
• cipher
• condense
• cut
• digest
• inventory
• pare
• prune
• recapitulate
• retrograde
• review
• shorten
• skim
• snip
• sum
• summate
• trim

Weak matches

• boil down
• cut back
• cut down
• get to meat
• give main points
• précis
• run down
• run through
• synopsize

Strongest matches

• epitomize
• examine
• sum

Weak matches

• close
• conclude
• condense
• digest
• estimate
• get the measure of
• inventory
• recapitulate
• review
• size up
• synopsize
• total

Strongest matches

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

Strong matches

• abbreviate
• barber
• bob
• crop
• dock
• edit
• lop
• plane
• snip
• tidy
• truncate

Weak matches

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• boil down
• even up
• pare down
• slice off