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tighten English

Meaning tighten meaning

What does tighten mean?

tighten

make tight or tighter Tighten the wire become tight or tighter The rope tightened (= stiffen) restrict Tighten the rules stiffen the regulations (= reduce) narrow or limit reduce the influx of foreigners

Synonyms tighten synonyms

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Topics tighten topics

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Conjugation tighten conjugation

How do you conjugate tighten?

tighten · verb

Examples tighten examples

How do I use tighten in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tighten the strap around the suitcase.
I have to tighten my belt.
I have to tighten these bolts.
Tighten this screw.
You have to tighten those screws.
Tighten the screw somewhat, Tom! Then it will hold.
You must tighten the knot.
Tighten the screws.
Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.
Tighten the defences! They're coming!
Now all you have to do is tighten the screw, and Bob's your uncle.

Movie subtitles

Yes. All right! Now, tighten it up, son.
We must tighten our belts again.
Tighten this.
Tighten your belt, Robert.
Next time they give you a licking, see you don't tighten up.
It hurts twice as bad when you tighten up.
Don't tighten up.
You can't let these things tighten up.
They'll have to tighten up their belts for a day or two.
We can clean and tighten your brakes. but you'll have to stay in the garage all night.
Tighten your shoulder straps as tight as you can stand them.
Check all securing gripes and tighten them.
Tighten up your cinches.
Tighten things up!
Now tighten her up, Son.
In addition a couple of branches get used as cutwater in order to tighten the bridge.
Yes? Tighten every security check in the costal area.
Stop asking questions and tighten that rope.
I told you to tighten the rope Under the frame!
I'm going to tighten the reins.
You can't tighten it much more without going into a spin yourself.
Tighten up the plug for the amp.
Here is an experience which will tighten your throat.
Here's some thoughts I had. Tighten them up.
The experimenters tighten their control and send him back on the trail.
I close doors and tighten bottle tops.
We need to tighten the ship.
Tighten the rope!
Tighten you against me, you'll be much less shaken.
Now is your chance to earn it! Tighten up your cinches.
How? You can't tighten it much more without going into a spin yourself.
We have to tighten it.
The experimenters tighten their control.
Because our ties were loose I'm killing myself to tighten them.
Tighten your field to the interior of the ship.
Tighten your skirt!
I let it tighten up, it was quite windy.
Hey, you better stop and tighten your lug nuts!
For some cows, the pelvic ligaments don't tighten up for a few days and it can give the same effect. Oh, I see.
But if you'll just tighten up on these one or two points, then I'm sure that we shall have here a thoroughly efficient business.

News and current affairs

Governments that cannot borrow cheaply (or at all) from markets have no option but to tighten their belts.
Yes, the Federal Reserve could tighten monetary policy.
Last year, many investors questioned the ECB's ability to launch a bond-buying program in the face of German opposition, and many others doubted the Fed's willingness to tighten monetary policy, because doing so could choke off the US economic recovery.
Shinzo Abe, Japan's right-wing nationalist prime minister, does not need much encouragement to tighten up secrecy laws, give more powers to the police, or make it easier to use military force.
This lowered interest rates in the so-called PIIGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain) and inflated housing bubbles just as reunification costs were forcing Germany to tighten its belt.
Twice in the last ten years, national governments have explicitly given the EU the authority to tighten constraints on their subsidies to failing airline companies.
While the true NAIRU level is probably lower, and we are likely witnessing a secular decline in the workforce participation rate, the US labor market should still tighten in 2016.
Sweden initially appeared to take a liberal stance, but is now postponing opening its borders and may tighten migrants' access to welfare benefits.
The robustness of NGDP targeting to unknown future shocks is similar whether the objective is to ease money, tighten money, or stay the course, and whether the central bank wants to announce a forecast, a target range, or a threshold for forward guidance.
If a tightening of margin and minimum capital requirements does not deflate a bubble, regulators can tighten some more.
This would push up inflation rates significantly, forcing the US Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy, thereby quite possibly undermining America's recovery, which remains unsteady.
In countries like Rwanda, people know this only too well, which is why they have been so eager to tighten the net on HPV.
In fact, the agreement, which alleviates much of the economic pressure on the Iranian regime, is a result of Russia's success in delaying international sanctions against Iran and its stubborn refusal to tighten them further.
Thus, the only remaining option, as unpleasant as it may be for some countries, is to tighten budget constraints in the eurozone.
The US Treasury strongly encouraged Asia to tighten fiscal policy during its 1990's crisis.
At the same time, sharply elevated unemployment and subpar income growth have combined to tighten the noose on over-extended consumers.
Until that occurs, the vice now gripping Asia will only continue to tighten.
Some people argue that Americans need to tighten their belts.
And it can happen to any country, although advanced countries can usually tighten fiscal policy with sufficient speed and credibility that the pain comes mainly in slower growth.
When they do - and assuming that the government does not suddenly tighten its belt (it has no credible plan to do so) - there is every likelihood that America's appetite for foreign cash will surge again.
But continuing its purchases would tighten the government's grip.
The Israelis seem to believe that their only option is to tighten the screws on Gaza.
As China attempts to tighten its grip on Hong Kong, Li is showing independence, and China's new rulers - who, true to their communist roots, believe firmly in top-down control - do not like it one bit.
The Fed no doubt fears that if the principle of requiring a formal rule is accepted, Congress could tighten the requirement, forcing a more restrictive monetary policy.
The fifth option is to tighten fiscal policy and reduce budget deficits with the aim of lowering the high interest rates that drive the inflows.
When people see high inflation, they conclude that the economy is precarious, so perhaps they should tighten their belts.

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