Decreased growth bound to change (7,4)

I believe the answer is:

brought down

'decreased' is the definition.
(bringing down is a kind of decreasing)

'growth bound to change' is the wordplay.
'to change' indicates anagramming the letters.
'growth'+'bound'='growthbound'
'growthbound' is an anagram of 'BROUGHT DOWN'.

(Another definition for brought down that I've seen is " delivered from London?".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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