trim one's sails

== English == === Alternative forms === trim one's sails to the wind === Verb === trim one's sails (third-person singular simple present trims one's sails, present participle trimming one's sails, simple past and past participle trimmed one's sails) (nautical) To adjust a ship's sails to make the best of wind conditions. Synonym: shorten sail (figurative, by extension) To adapt to changing circumstances, especially if it involves scaling back one's ambitions; to make cutbacks. ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “trim one’s sails”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “https://www.dictionary.com/browse/trim-one-s-sails”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “trim one's sails”, in Collins English Dictionary. “trim your sails”, in Collins English Dictionary.