tighten one's belt (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: tightens one's belt
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tightening one's belt
tags: participle
present
form: tightened one's belt
tags: participle
past
form: tightened one's belt
tags: past