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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cosma	-	Italian
Emmitt	['emit]
Teman	TEE-mən (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Mani (1)	-	Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada
Kaur	-	Indian (Sikh)
Daina	-	Lithuanian, Latvian