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in reduced circumstances

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in reduced circumstances

Euph. in poverty. After Frederick lost his position, we lived in reduced circumstances while waiting for my inheritance.

See also: circumstance, reduce

in reduced circumstances

  (slightly formal)

if someone, especially someone from a high social class, is in reduced circumstances, they have a lot less money than they did before They found him living in reduced circumstances in a flat off Fulham Road.

See also: circumstance, reduce