Lower and Trim

Lower

Lower verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.

Usage example: decided to lower his career ambitions to something more achievable

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Trim and lower are semantically related in increase topic. In some cases you can use "Trim" instead a verb "Lower".

Nearby Words: lowered, lowering, lowermost, lowercase

Trim verb - To achieve a victory over.

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Lower and trim are semantically related in increase topic. Sometimes you can use "Lower" instead a verb "Trim".

Nearby Words: trimming, trimmer, trimly

bit	lower bit	trim bit
walls	lower walls	trim walls

James Wan was told by the MPAA that the film got an R rating simply because the atmosphere was too frightening for a PG-13 and there was nothing he could trim to lower it.

Source: Film / The Conjuring

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