scale

/skeɪl/ verb [T]

Translation

› to climb something that is high or steep

tırmanmak

to scale a wall1600

scale sth back phrasal verb mainly US ( UK/US scale sth down)

› to make something smaller than it was or smaller than it was planned to be

küçül(t)mek

A shortage of money has forced them to scale back their plans.1811

(Definition of scale verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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