tighten up meaning - EAS
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Jul 7 2022I/you/we/they tighten up he/she/it tightens up present participle tightening up past tense tightened up past participle tightened up www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/tighten-up- People also ask
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Definition of tighten up. : to become more strict or effective or to make (something) more strict or effective Security around the building has tightened up recently. They tightened …
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tighten up 1. Lit. [for something] to get tighter. The door hinges began to tighten up, making the door hard to open and close. His grip around the handle tightened up and he refused to let go. 2. Fig. [for someone or a group] to become miserly. The government tightened up …
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Feb 09, 2014 · Urban Dictionary: tighten up! tighten up! Prison slang for "pay attention". Can also be used to tell another inmate to stop goofing off. " Yo man tighten up! Don't you see what's …
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Verb. 1. tighten up - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations". constrain, stiffen, tighten. confine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends".
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