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retrench (v.)
1590s, "dig a new trench as a second line of defense," from French
retrencher
"to cut off," from
re-
"back" (see
re-
) + Old French
trenchier
"to cut." Sense of "cut down, reduce (expenses, etc.)" is from 1620s.
