tighten one's belt

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income. figuratively
    — In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts.

词形变化

tightens one's belt present,singular,third-person tightening one's belt participle,present tightened one's belt participle,past tightened one's belt past
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