Cut down to size
The crossword clue "Cut down to size" is answered by ABASE, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
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ABASE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABASE answer page.
Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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- Humiliate - used 207 times, most recently in 2026
- Degrade - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
- Humble - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
- Demean - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Belittle - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Put down - used 60 times, most recently in 2024
- Lower - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Take down a peg - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Disparage - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring down - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Lower in esteem - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
- Knock down a peg - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Make humble - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Lower in rank - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Lower in prestige - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Defame - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- Lower in public estimation - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Mortify - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Put to shame - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Dishonor - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Shame - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Denigrate - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Take down a notch - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Badmouth - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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