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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tighten one's belt en · VERB

Meanings

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

Forms

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tightened one's belt Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tightened one's belt Tense=Past lexicographic
tightening one's belt Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tightens one's belt Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

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

Synonyms

tighten the purse strings

Translations (15)

nl de broekriem aanhalen (be more frugal) · ceb hugot sa bakos (be more frugal) · hu meghúzza a nadrágszíjat (be more frugal) · fi kiristää vyötään (be more frugal) · el σφίγγω το ζωνάρι (be more frugal) · de den Gürtel enger schnallen (be more frugal) · es apretarse el cinturón (be more frugal) · hu összehúzza a nadrágszíjat (be more frugal) · pl zacisnąć pasa (be more frugal) · ru затяну́ть реме́нь поту́же (be more frugal) · tl maghigpit ng sinturon (be more frugal) · sv dra åt svångremmen (be more frugal) · tr kemer sıkmak (be more frugal) · fr se serrer la ceinture (be more frugal) · pl zaciskać pasa (be more frugal)