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cutback definition

cut·back (kut′bak′)

noun

the act or result of cutting back; specif.,
  1. a reduction or discontinuance, as of production, personnel, etc.
  2. ☆ a sequence of earlier events introduced at a later point in a novel, film, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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