Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tighten one's belt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
tight-en one's -belt
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

tightens one's belt (present, singular) tightening one's belt (participle, present) tightened one's belt (participle, past) tightened one's belt (past)

Phrases

belt-tighten belt-tightened belt-tightener belt-tightening cut one's cloth to suit one's purse gird up one's loins

Frequently Paired Words

belt-tighten belt-tightened belt-tightener belt-tightening cut one's cloth to suit one's purse gird up one's loins

Synonyms

tighten the purse strings

Questions

What does tighten one's belt mean?
To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.

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