keep to a minimum

keep something to a minimum

to make something as small, few, or little as possible. Do what you can to keep construction dust to a minimum. The dust should be kept to a minimum.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cristian	-	Romanian
Maximilian	mahk-see-MEE-lee-ahn (German), mak-si-MIL-ee-ən (English), mak-si-MIL-yən (English)	German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Philis	FIL-is	English (Rare)
Zdenko	-	Slovak, Slovene, Croatian
Ruarc	-	Irish
Arianna	ah-RYAHN-nah	Italian