frugal. To make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.' name='description'> tighten one's belt - definition and meaning
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tighten one's belt

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

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  • verb live frugally and use less resources

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hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. economise
  2. economize
  3. save

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