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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:

1. take off weightplay

  Familiarity information: SLIM DOWN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLIM DOWN (verb)


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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