Tighten
51tighten\ one's\ belt — v. phr. To live on less money than usual; use less food and other things. When father lost his job we had to tighten our belts. Often used in the expression tighten one s belt another notch . When the husband lost his job, the Smiths had to do… …
52tighten your belt — If you have to tighten your belt, you have to economise. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you need to tighten your belt, you must spend less money or be careful how you spend it because there is less available. Another bill? I ll …
53tighten one’s belt — tv. to prepare for economies. (As if one would not be able to afford enough food to make one’s stomach press against one’s belt. See also take one’s belt in (a notch).) □ Get ready to tighten your belt. I lost my job. □ The entire country will… …
54tighten one's belt — verb live frugally and use less resources In the new economy, we all have to learn to tighten our belts • Hypernyms: ↑save, ↑economize, ↑economise • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * phrasal …
55tighten one's belt — verb To be more frugal. To make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income. In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts …
56tighten one's face — vb American to shut up, keep quiet. A teenagers and Valley Girl expression, usually heard in the form of an instruction. ► Aw, come on, you, like tighten your face! …
57tighten our belts — not spend as much, be careful with our money We ll have to tighten our belts when Stan goes on pension …
58tighten one's belt — economize, spend less We will have to tighten our belts for awhile until the economy improves …
59tighten the purse strings — to reduce the amount of money that can be spent. If the economy gets any weaker, it will be necessary for the government to tighten the national purse strings still further …
60tighten one's belt — idi tighten one s belt, to respond to hardship by reducing expenditures …