tighten one's belt

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tighten one's belt (third-person singular simple present tightens one's belt, present participle tightening one's belt, simple past and past participle tightened one's belt)

  1. (figuratively) To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.
    Synonym: tighten the purse strings
    In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts.

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