RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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To reduce, restrict, or bring to an earlier end.

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curtail

Budget cuts forced the organizers to curtail the program.
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The chair decided to circumscribe the next meeting's scope: members would settle the location and staffing, while decorative details could wait. She also proposed a time limit to curtail repeated arguments.
From A Shorter Route to a Decision.
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