cut one's cloth to suit one's purse (English, verb)
expansion: cut one's cloth to suit one's purse (third-person singular simple present cuts one's cloth to suit one's purse, present participle cutting one's cloth to suit one's purse, simple past and past participle cut one's cloth to suit one's purse)
Senses:
glosses: To settle for less when money or resources are limited.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: cuts one's cloth to suit one's purse
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cutting one's cloth to suit one's purse
tags: participle
present
form: cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
tags: participle
past
form: cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
tags: past