Tonia Thai
2022-03-22 04:03
Pare (something) to the bone American British verb phrase
A noun or pronoun can be placed between "pare" and "to."
If you say that you pare (something) to the bone, you mean that you reduce to the lowest level.
Small businesses have pared the running costs to the bone in order to survive during the pandemic.
The aim of the program is to pare the indoor activities to the bone to ensure the social distancing rules.
Our family needs to pare our expenditure to the bone this month.
To accept what is lower than your hope or your goals
Suddenly and quickly decrease
To suddenly change the expression on your face as a reaction to pain or discomfort or something disagreeable; to grimace
Used to indicate low-class.
1. If you say that you dial one back, you mean that you call one back.
2. If you say that you dial back something, you mean that you lessen the frequency or intensity of something.
3. If you say that you dial someone back, you mean that you restrain his/her feelings and action.
The verb "pare" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
To be outperformed or outrun by someone, usually by a very wide margin.
You have to be quicker to finish this task or you will eat other my dust.
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