spread out, curb, lengthen, reduce, curtail, decrease, abbreviate, shorten, drop off, abate, minimize, cut back on, taper (off), lessen, space (out)

slash, trim, cut, degrade, lower, crop, curb, shrink, reduce, water down, restrict, thwart, suck out, downgrade, decline, cut down/back, scale back/down, ameliorate, abbreviate, shorten, minimize, blunt, dwarf, prune, pare (down), impoverish, simplify, condense, diminish, detract from

sever, cleave, sunder, crack, separate, part, rive, snap, cut, loose, shatter, rend, section, gape, pop out, divide, bisect, cut in two, unzip, rip apart, fracture, splinter, split (off), come off/loose, break off/free/away, cut in half, disaggregate

drop, lower, remove, quarter, shrink, reduce, divide, restrict, plummet, lose, tank, bottom out, deduct, scale back/down, empty, decrease, dwindle, minimize, diminish, abridge, subtract, halve, cut down, use up, part with, omit

sever, hollow out, trisect, shave off, snip, clip, trim, break off, crush, scrunch, pinch, contract, split, carve, whittle, chisel, remove, quarter, shrink, puncture, thin, hack off, reduce, narrow, divide, lag, purge, consume, deflate, tear down/apart, shear off, slice off, decrease, shorten, dwarf, prune, condense, diminish, stunt, subdivide, miniaturize, chip away at, knock off, halve, chip off, empty (contents), lighten (weight of load), bisect, wear away/down

pinch, recycle, bargain, scrounge, scavenge, stretch, haggle, budget, deprive, do without, manage, abstain, salvage, save, limit (one's spending), curb (spending), make do, pool, skimp, cut down/back, jew someone down, put aside, hold on, scale back/down, monitor (expenditures), grow (one's own vegetables), conserve, economize, depend on, borrow (tools), ration, know (the price of necessities), repurpose, stash (money/coupons), put away (money)

weigh, bargain, beg, scavenge, haggle, resort to, welsh, welch, survive, bottom out, default, owe, depreciate, overdraw, bounce (a check), economize, depend on, get by/along, rack up (debt), squeak by, pawn, defer (payment), get by/aong, borrow (money), dip into, wrack up (debt), indebt, dumpster dive, land (on the street), overspend, declare bankruptcy, crowd out, hit rock bottom, leech