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tighten one's belt

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

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live frugally and use less resources

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Classifications

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Cognitive

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Automation

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Variants

4 surface forms

pasttense: tightened one's belt
presentparticiple: tightening one's belt
thirdpersonsingular: tightens one's belt
pastparticiple: tightened one's belt

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