"tighten one's belt" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: tightens one's belt [present, singular, third-person], tightening one's belt [participle, present], tightened one's belt [participle, past], tightened one's belt [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tighten one's belt (third-person singular simple present tightens one's belt, present participle tightening one's belt, simple past and past participle tightened one's belt)
  1. (figuratively) To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: tighten the purse strings Related terms: belt-tighten, belt-tightened, belt-tightener, belt-tightening, gird up one's loins Translations (be more frugal): hugot sa bakos (Cebuano), de broekriem aanhalen (Dutch), kiristää vyötään (Finnish), se serrer la ceinture (French), den Gürtel enger schnallen (German), σφίγγω το ζωνάρι (sfíngo to zonári) (Greek), meghúzza a nadrágszíjat (Hungarian), összehúzza a nadrágszíjat (Hungarian), zaciskać pasa [imperfective] (Polish), zacisnąć pasa [perfective] (Polish), затяну́ть реме́нь поту́же (zatjanútʹ reménʹ potúže) [perfective] (Russian), apretarse el cinturón (Spanish), dra åt svångremmen (Swedish), maghigpit ng sinturon (Tagalog), kemer sıkmak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "be more frugal",
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      "sense": "be more frugal",
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      "sense": "be more frugal",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "be more frugal",
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      "word": "затяну́ть реме́нь поту́же"
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      "sense": "be more frugal",
      "word": "apretarse el cinturón"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "be more frugal",
      "word": "dra åt svångremmen"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "be more frugal",
      "word": "maghigpit ng sinturon"
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