in reduced circumstances

in reduced circumstances

At a much lower level of income or financial means. The one-time business tycoon has now been living in reduced circumstances in a small village in Norway. Now that we're in reduced circumstances, we live in a much smaller house in a rougher part of town. We'll never be able to keep a property of this size once we're in reduced circumstances.

See also: circumstance, reduce

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in reduced circumstances

Euph. in poverty. After Frederick lost his position, we lived in reduced circumstances while waiting for my inheritance.

See also: circumstance, reduce

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

in reduced circumstances

used euphemistically to refer to the state of being poor after being relatively wealthy.

See also: circumstance, reduce

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