chop back

chop something back

to prune vegetation; to reduce the size of plants by cutting. Why don't you chop those bushes back while you have the shears out? Chop back the bushes, please.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Soini	SOY-nee	Finnish
Patrizio	pah-TREE-tsyo	Italian
Kathleen	['kæθli:n]
Idida	-	Biblical Latin
Anxo	AN-shaw	Galician
Adelia	ə-DEL-ee-ə (English)	English, Spanish