English Explanatory Dictionary

tighten one's belt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.

Word forms

tighten one's belt tightens one's belt tightening one's belt tightened one's belt

Synonyms

tighten the purse strings

Related words

belt-tighten belt-tightened belt-tightener belt-tightening cut one's cloth to suit one's purse gird up one's loins

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