retrench
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retrench (third-person singular simple present retrenches, present participle retrenching, simple past and past participle retrenched)
- To cut down or reduce something
- To dig or redig a trench where one already was.
- To take up a new defensive position (from military term retrenchment)
- We must retrench and try to hold on long enough for products in development to reach the market or we will be out of business.
