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) (figuratively) To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income. Synonym: tighten the purse strings ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === cut one's cloth to suit one's purse gird up one's loins