All 5 Uses of
retrench
in
Atlas Shrugged
- There's got to be room for competition…… And I've been waiting six months for an order of steel from Orren Boyle-and now he says he can't promise me anything, because Rearden Metal has shot his market to hell, there's a run on that Metal, Boyle has to retrench.†
Chpt 1.9
- One has to expect retrenchments at a time like this.†
Chpt 2.5
- "And even Miss Taggart will, I'm sure, agree that certain temporary retrenchments seem to be indicated, until …."†
Chpt 3.5
- This is no time to retrench.†
Chpt 3.5 *
- Retrenching, hell!†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
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(retrench) to pause and then change how something is done -- often while reducing the use of resources