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Went over, have to make it smaller (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

scale down

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(Other definitions for scale down that I've seen before include "Make smaller in proportion to original" , "cut back" , "Reduce in proportion to original" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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