trim one's sails
English
Alternative forms
- trim one's sails to the wind
Verb
trim one's sails
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.- Synonym: shorten sail
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Translations
figuratively: to make cutbacks
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Further reading
- “trim one's sails (to the wind)” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
- “trim ones sails” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “trim your sails” in the Collins English Dictionary