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Tighten up Moderate

Tighten up has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

severely restrict in scope or extent

"tighten the rules"

"stiffen the regulations"

2

To make sufficiently tight.

See Also
tense ungenerous stringent tight fix restrained vacillation inconsistency
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
restrict
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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