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"trim" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

trim verbo

trim + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 24
trim costs • trim beard • trim one's hair • trim trees • trim one's lead • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 4
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 7
(1) cost, beard, hair, mustache, lawn, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(2) tree, shrub, bush
Kolokacji: 3
(3) lead, sail, nail
Kolokacji: 3
(4) hedge, payroll, inventory
Kolokacji: 3
(5) force, staff, roster
Kolokacji: 3
1. trim one's work force = przycinać czyjś siła robocza trim one's work force
  • The company was losing $1 billion a year and had to drastically trim its work force.
  • The company began to trim its work force in 1985 by laying off 1,600 employees.
  • Ford has also been steadily trimming its work force and costs in Europe this year.
  • Mr. Roberts also trimmed his work force slightly, from 44 last summer to 38 today.
  • The company trimmed its work force by 207 employees in 1986 and 1987.
  • The company has trimmed its work force by 32 percent since August 2000.
  • Now comes the hard part: trimming its work force by 10 percent.
  • The company will trim its work force by 70,000 and close 21 assembly plants.
  • The company said yesterday that it would trim its work force, largely in the agricultural chemical business.
  • The company is closing a total of 599 stores and trimming its work force by 57,000.
2. trim one's staff = przycinać czyjś personel trim one's staff
trim staff
3. trim one's roster = przycinać czyjś harmonogram dyżurów trim one's roster
(6) expense, spending, benefit, price
Kolokacji: 4
(7) production, job
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + trim
Kolokacji: 7
need trimming • begin trimming • help trim • start trimming • require trimming • ...
trim + preposición
Kolokacji: 19
trim off • trim down • trim with • trim in • trim to • ...
trim + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 12
neatly trimmed • carefully trimmed • trim away • closely trimmed • trim short • ...

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