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TIGHTEN ONE'S BELT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tighten one's belt mean?
• TIGHTEN ONE'S BELT (verb)
The verb TIGHTEN ONE'S BELT has 1 sense:
1. live frugally and use less resources
Familiarity information: TIGHTEN ONE'S BELT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Live frugally and use less resources
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
In the new economy, we all have to learn to tighten our belts
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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