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"form": "tightens one's belt",
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{
"form": "tightening one's belt",
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{
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"text": "In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income."
],
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],
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]
],
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"(figuratively) To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "belt-tighten"
},
{
"word": "belt-tightened"
},
{
"word": "belt-tightener"
},
{
"word": "belt-tightening"
},
{
"word": "gird up one's loins"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tighten the purse strings"
}
],
"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "hugot sa bakos"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "de broekriem aanhalen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "kiristää vyötään"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "se serrer la ceinture"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "den Gürtel enger schnallen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfíngo to zonári",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "σφίγγω το ζωνάρι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "meghúzza a nadrágszíjat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "összehúzza a nadrágszíjat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zaciskać pasa"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "zacisnąć pasa"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatjanútʹ reménʹ potúže",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "затяну́ть реме́нь поту́же"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "apretarse el cinturón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "dra åt svångremmen"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "maghigpit ng sinturon"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "kemer sıkmak"
}
]
}
],
"word": "tighten one's belt"
}
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{
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{
"form": "tightened one's belt",
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{
"form": "tightened one's belt",
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"word": "belt-tighten"
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{
"word": "belt-tightened"
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"word": "gird up one's loins"
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"text": "In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts.",
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],
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"To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income."
],
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"economic"
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"(figuratively) To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tighten the purse strings"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "hugot sa bakos"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "de broekriem aanhalen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "kiristää vyötään"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "se serrer la ceinture"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "den Gürtel enger schnallen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfíngo to zonári",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "σφίγγω το ζωνάρι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "meghúzza a nadrágszíjat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "összehúzza a nadrágszíjat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zaciskać pasa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zacisnąć pasa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatjanútʹ reménʹ potúže",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "затяну́ть реме́нь поту́же"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "apretarse el cinturón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "dra åt svångremmen"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "maghigpit ng sinturon"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "be more frugal",
"word": "kemer sıkmak"
}
],
"word": "tighten one's belt"
}
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