tighten one's belt
Verb
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Verb
- (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.
- French: se serrer la ceinture
- German: den Gürtel enger schnallen
- Russian: затяну́ть реме́нь поту́же
- Spanish: apretarse el cinturón
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