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tightens one's belt

tightens one's belt is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tightens one's belt

What is tightens one's belt the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tightens one's belt is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tighten one's belt.

Words near tightens one's belt in the dictionary

  1. tightening up
  2. tighteningly
  3. tightenings
  4. tightens
  5. tightens down
  6. tightens one's belt
  7. tightens the purse strings
  8. tightens the purse-strings
  9. tightens the pursestrings
  10. tightens up
  11. tighter

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