take one's belt in (a notch)
- take one's belt in (a notch)
take one's belt in† (a notch) & pull one's belt in† (a notch)
1. Lit. to tighten one's belt a bit. (Probably because one has not eaten recently or because one has lost weight.) •
He pulled his belt in a notch and smiled at his success at losing weight.
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He took in his belt a notch and wished he had something to eat.
2. Fig. to reduce expenditures; to live or operate a business more economically. (As if one were going to have to eat less.) •
They had to take their belts in a notch budgetarily speaking.
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The people at city hall will have to pull in their belts a notch unless they want to raise taxes.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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