kemeri sıkmak

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(Fiili Deyim ) tighten one's belt
To be more frugal. To make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income

In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts.

live frugally and use less resources; "In the new economy, we all have to lear to tighten our belts