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Another word for tighten

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Verb

  1. To make or become tight or tighter

    See also:

    tighten

  2. To make or become tense

    See also:

    tighten

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Another word for tighten

Verb

  1. To make tight

    See also:

    stretch

    Antonyms:

  2. To become tight

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • She watched him tighten a strap around the horse's belly.

  • Meanwhile on land Suleiman had taken full advantage of the European situation to tighten his grip on Hungary.

  • Here. Tighten the straps.

  • Giuliano was murdered, Lorenzo escaped, to tighten his grasp upon the city, which now loved him and was proud of him.

  • A bridge of this pattern has the advantage that the insertion or removal of a plug in the measuring arm does not tend to tighten or loosen all the rest of the plugs; moreover, there are fewer plugs to manipulate, and each plug is occupied.

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