TIGHTEN ONE'S BELT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Live frugally and use less resources

Example:

In the new economy, we all have to learn to tighten our belts

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "tighten one's belt" is one way to...):

economise; economize; save (spend sparingly, avoid the waste of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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