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tightened one's belt

tightened one's belt is the simple past and past participle of tighten one's belt.

Meaning of tighten one's belt

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

Questions about tightened one's belt

What is tightened one's belt the simple past and past participle of?
Tightened one's belt is the simple past and past participle of tighten one's belt.

Words near tightened one's belt in the dictionary

  1. tighten the pursestrings
  2. tighten up
  3. tightenable
  4. tightened
  5. tightened down
  6. tightened one's belt
  7. tightened the purse strings
  8. tightened the purse-strings
  9. tightened the pursestrings
  10. tightened up
  11. tightener

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