Scale down meaning
Scale down is a phrasal verb that means to reduce something in scale, quantity, or production. With this meaning you can also say scale back.
- Past simple
- scaled down
- Past participle
- scaled down
- -ing form
- scaling down
What scale down means
reduce size or outputB2
To reduce something in scale, quantity, or production
The firm scaled back its expansion plans.
Similar phrasal verbs
With scale: scale up.
With down: turn down, let down, put down, slim down, go down, come down, break down, take down, keep down, set down.
Common questions
What does scale down mean?
To reduce something in scale, quantity, or production.
What is the past tense of scale down?
Scaled down, which is also its past participle.
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