tighten one's belt

English

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.

   Synonym: tighten the purse strings

   In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts.

Related terms

• belt-tighten
• belt-tightened
• belt-tightener
• belt-tightening

 

Translations

be more frugal

• Cebuano: hugot sa bakos
• Dutch: de broekriem aanhalen
• Finnish: kiristää vyötään
• French: se serrer la ceinture (fr)
• German: den Gürtel enger schnallen (de)
• Greek: σφίγγω το ζωνάρι (sfíngo to zonári)
• Hungarian: meghúzza a nadrágszíjat, összehúzza a nadrágszíjat
• Polish: zaciskać pasa (pl) impf, zacisnąć pasa (pl) pf
• Russian: затяну́ть реме́нь поту́же (ru) pf (zatjanútʹ reménʹ potúže)
• Spanish: apretarse el cinturón
• Swedish: dra åt svångremmen (sv)
• Tagalog: maghigpit ng sinturon
• Turkish: kemer sıkmak

See also

• gird up one's loins