shave sth off sth
also shave sth by sth— phrasal verb with shave uk/ʃeɪv/us/ʃeɪv/verb [ I or T ]
to reduce something by the stated amount:
The new high speed trains will shave 25 minutes off the journey time.
Our prices have been shaved by five percent!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
- take a tumble idiom
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