1 to chop

2 to cut down

3 to throw sth at sb

1 to bargain

2 to cut or beat down a price

1 to hew

2 to cut down

1 to wound with a blade or hatchet

2 to slash

3 to gash

1 machete

1 to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)

1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)

2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost

3 a beard well lathered is half shaved