cut sth down
— phrasal verb with cut /kʌt/ verb (present tense cutting, past tense and past participle cut)Definition
B2 to make a tree or other plant fall to the ground by cutting it near the bottomForestryCutting and stabbing
(Definition of cut sth down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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