Meaning & use
cutback
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A reduction in the amount, extent, or rate of something, especially spending or production.
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The company announced a cutback in staffing to control costs.
Fans worried the cutback in the show's budget would hurt its production quality.
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Also used in surfing to describe a sharp turn a surfer makes back toward the breaking part of the wave.
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2. noun
A sharp turn a surfer makes back toward the breaking part of a wave.
She landed a clean cutback just before the wave closed out.
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