English Explanatory Dictionary

cut one's cloth to suit one's purse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To settle for less when money or resources are limited.

Word forms

cut one's cloth to suit one's purse cuts one's cloth to suit one's purse cutting one's cloth to suit one's purse

Related words

tighten one's belt cut one's coat according to one's cloth
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