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tighten one's belt
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Idioms and Phrases
Spend less, be more frugal, as in Business has been bad, so we'll have to tighten our belts . This metaphoric term alludes to pulling in one's belt after losing weight from not having enough to eat. [First half of 1900s]Discover More
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I've been hungry many a time, but now I know what it means to have to tighten one's belt.
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There was nothing to do except to tighten one's belt, and to write editorials showing up the selfishness of the farming class and prophesying the improvement of the currency.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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