tighten one’s belt



tighten one’s belt

tv. to prepare for economies. (see also take one’s belt in (a notch).) The entire country will have to tighten its belt.
See also: belt, tighten

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Laurine-French
OlaviO-lah-vee (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
Anastasiaah-nah-stah-SEE-yah (Russian), a-nə-STAY-zhə (English), a-nə-STAS-yə (English), ah-nahs-TAH-syah (Spanish), ah-nahs-TAH-zyah (Italian)Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, English, Spanish, Italian, Ancient Greek
MajorMAY-jərEnglish
Arkadiahr-KAH-deeRussian
Slavomir-Croatian, Serbian, Medieval Slavic