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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | затянуть пояс ещё потуже | tighten the belt even further (Anglophile) |
| inf. | затянуть пояс потуже | take one's belt in a notch (Franka_LV) |
| idiom. | затянуть пояс потуже | pull in one's belt (the people are asked to pull in their belts, to make some sacrifices ... 'More) |
| idiom. | затянуть пояс потуже | tighten one's belt (tighten your belt
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to spend less money than you did before because you have less money:
: I've had to tighten my belt since I stopped working full-time.  cambridge.org Andrey Truhachev) |
| brit. | затянуть пояс потуже | draw horns in (Anglophile) |
| inf. | затянуть пояс потуже | tighten one's belt (we have to tighten our belt – нам надо затянуть пояс потуже Franka_LV) |
| gen. | затянуть пояс потуже | pull one's belt in a notch (=prepare for lean times Anglophile) |