RETRENCH

retrench

Verb

  1. To cut down or reduce.
  2. To abridge; to curtail.
  3. To confine; to limit; to restrict.
  4. To furnish with a retrenchment (defensive work within a fortification).
    to retrench bastions
  5. To take up a new defensive position.
    We must retrench and try to hold on long enough for products in development to reach the market or we will be out of business.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To dig or redig a trench where one already was.




        

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