slim down

mincir, faire maigrir

Devenir plus mince en perdant du poids, ou aider quelqu’un à le faire.

En anglais simple : To become thinner by losing weight, or to help someone do this.

• She wants to slim down.
• I slimmed down by walking every day.
• Will this exercise plan help me slim down?

Comment l'utiliser : slim down by + amount (He slimmed down by five kilos.)

Synonymes : lose weight

Contraires : gain weight

Expressions courantes : slim down gradually, slim down someone

se réduire, réduire

Devenir plus petit ou moins puissant, ou diminuer la taille ou la puissance de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To become smaller or less strong, or to make something smaller or less strong.

• The company needs to slim down.
• They slimmed down the product range.
• Can we slim this plan down further?

Comment l'utiliser : slim something down (We slimmed the report down to ten pages.)

Synonymes : reduce, scale down

Contraires : expand

Expressions courantes : slim down something, slim down operations