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
FionnFIN, FYOONIrish, Irish Mythology
Yechi'el-Biblical Hebrew
Hadrianus-Ancient Roman
Jana (1)YAH-nah (Dutch, German)Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German, Slovene, Catalan
Eadburg-Anglo-Saxon
Seda-Turkish