slim

/slɪm/ verb [I] (present participle slimming, past tense and past participle slimmed) UK

Translation

› to eat less in order to become thinner

zayıflamak, kilo vermek

120

slim down phrasal verb

› to become thinner

incelmek, zayıflamak, incecik olmak

572

slim sth down phrasal verb

› to reduce the size of something

azaltmak, ebadını küçültmek, küçültmek

It is not our intention to slim down the workforce.1811

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

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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