Tighten
61Tighten your belt — If you have to tighten your belt, you have to economise …
62tighten the screws on someone — put/tighten/turn/the screws on someone informal phrase to put more pressure on someone to do something, for example by threatening them His creditors were putting the screws on him. Thesaurus: to nag or force someone to do something …
63tighten — verb (tightened; tightening) Date: circa 1727 transitive verb to make tight or tighter intransitive verb to become tight or tighter • tightener noun …
64tighten — tightener, n. /tuyt n/, v.t., v.i. to make or become tight or tighter. [1720 30; TIGHT + EN1] Syn. secure, anchor, fasten. * * * …
65Tighten — Сжимать; Натягивать; затягивать; закреплять (напр. форму в печатной машине) …
66tighten — Synonyms and related words: affix, anchor, annex, attach, back, belay, box, box in, box up, brace, cement, cinch, circumscribe, clamp, clinch, close, compress, confine, continue, cramp, crank, crank in, crush, drag out, draw, draw in, draw out,… …
67tighten — tight·en || taɪtn v. make tight, pull taught; become tight, become taught …
68tighten — v. a. Make tight, straiten …
69tighten — verb 1) she tightened the rope Syn: pull taut, tauten, pull tight, stretch, tense Ant: loosen, slacken 2) he tightened his lips Syn: narrow, constrict …
70tighten — v 1. squeeze, compress, compact, press together, force together, crush, constrict, contract, constringe, choke. 2. secure, anchor, make fast, fasten; lace up, tie up. 3. stiffen, rigidify, tense; tauten, take up the slack …