# tighten one's belt

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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