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tighten
/ ˈٲɪə /
verb
- to make or become tight or tighter
- tighten one's beltto economize
Derived Forms
- ˈپٱԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- پIJ· noun
- v·پIJ verb
- ·پIJ verb
- -پIJ·Բ adjective
- ܲ·پIJ verb (used with object)
Example Sentences
President Biden had severely tightened up the border, so Trump was having to rant incoherently about numbers and statistics, but it just didn't have the juice it used to have.
The government has also said it wants to tighten the country's gun laws.
The restrictions on the sale of key chips to China, including the most recent move tightening exports from US chip giant Nvidia, for instance, are aimed at curbing Xi's ambitions for tech supremacy.
But there has been increasing concern over the number of shootings and gang attacks in recent years in Sweden, and the government has said it wants to tighten the country's gun laws.
Earlier this month, the head of Unrwa said a "man-made famine" was "tightening its grip" across Gaza.
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