Cut down

We need to cut the cocaine down.

They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot.

He wants to cut down on extra steps.

Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar.

By wholesale omission of connections and by the use of a microscopic scale of photographic reproduction which makes some of the most important tables difficult to read, the size has been cut down from last winter's 580 to 520 pages only.

I will cut you down where you stand.