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SLIM DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slim down mean?
• SLIM DOWN (verb)
The verb SLIM DOWN has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SLIM DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take off weight
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
melt off; reduce; slenderize; slim; slim down; thin
Hypernyms (to "slim down" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slim down"):
sweat off (lose weight by sweating)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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