1) Cut back 2) Cut down 3) Dealt with budgetary bloat 4) Denuded apples 5) Did a KP job 6) Did a KP chore 7) Did KP work 8) Did kitchen work 9) Did some whittling 10) Downsized 11) Made shorter or leaner 12) Made thinner 13) Peeled 14) Peeled potatoes 15) Peeled the spuds 16) Peeled with a knife 17) Prepared an apple 1) Peeled 
• (imp. & p. p.) of Pare