Definition of Tighten

Tighten

To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

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Any, Close, Draw, In, Make, Manner, More, Straiten, Tighter, To

Tighten Quotations

The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.
Morihei Ueshiba

As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local issue. It's the cops' job to tighten down on criminals.
Jesse Ventura

Or if I have my head in the results, I can't work with what I have, because I'm trying to force something to happen. And with singing, any time you force it, you tighten up. If you tighten up, you're screwed, nothing will work.
Kathy Mattea

I started walking at night with my sister in law which has been amazing. It really does something for you. It just kind of clears the mind, it just makes you feel better, things start to tighten a little bit.
Ashley Scott

The voters in my district, and around the country, have demanded that Congress get a hold on the influx of illegal immigrants and tighten the security around our borders.
John Linder

Why did the Clinton Administration wait from 1995 to 1998 to tighten security and bolster counterintelligence at U.S. weapons labs?
Charles Foster Bass

The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
Laura Miller

At the time, my personal research objectives were to provide Keynesian economics with more rigorous foundations and to tighten and elaborate the logic of macroeconomic and monetary theory.
James Tobin

Across the country, people are willing to tighten their belts and sacrifice. The president should ask the oil industry to do the same.
John Salazar

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Tighten Translations

tighten in Dutch is strakker aantrekken, aantrekken
tighten in German is straff, zusammenziehen, festigen, fest
tighten in Italian is teso, astringere, fisso
tighten in Latin is adstringo
tighten in Portuguese is aperte
tighten in Spanish is solidificar, tirante, astringir, fija

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