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Idiom in reduced circumstances slightly formal if someone, especially someone from a high social class, is in reduced circumstances, they have a lot less money than they did before.They found him living in reduced circumstances in a flat off Fulham Road.
in reduced circumstancesAt 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. in reduced circumstancesEuph. in poverty. After Frederick lost his position, we lived in reduced circumstances while waiting for my inheritance. in reduced circumstances used euphemistically to refer to the state of being poor after being relatively wealthy. |