scale down

See also: scaledown

English

Verb

scale down (third-person singular simple present scales down, present participle scaling down, simple past and past participle scaled down)

  1. (transitive) To reduce the size of something whilst maintaining proportion.
    Antonym: scale up
  2. (transitive) To reduce the cost or scope of a process, or the amount spent on something.
    Synonym: scale back
    Antonyms: scale up, scale out
    Hyponyms: downsize, rightsize

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