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Definition of retighten in English: retightenverbriːˈtʌɪt(ə)n [with object]Tighten again; make tighter. loosen the tourniquet every hour or so and then retighten it Example sentencesExamples - Well, I say my bike was completely unaffected - I had to stop a few miles down the course and completely retighten my mudguard bolts, as they were rattling like mad and doing my head in.
- ‘Well,’ Adam grunted as he retightened the cinch on the horse's saddle, ‘it did.’
- I took off my kneeboard and retightened my straps.
- Public interest groups denounced the move, and legislators retightened some of the rules.
- He quickly retightened the straps around his boots, snatched his weapon from off the wall, and then grabbed his helmet from its resting place on one of the four bed posts.
- He loosened and then retightened his grip on the sword's decorative hilt, readying to attack.
- Repression of intellectuals was eased, only to be retightened at any sign of dissent.
- If it is still too tight you can loosen the kickstand-side outer nut, back the cone up about 1/4 turn and retighten.
- Most of the time, fixing or replacing loose bushings means backing them out, applying a thread locking compound, retightening them and forgetting immediate future concerns.
- He retightened all hubs in accordance with technical order instructions.
- Once the seal bolts were retightened and made watertight, the crew started to load the tubes with the experimental mines.
- Just loosen the screw near the top of the trigger and slide it in the desired direction, then retighten the screw.
- Moreover, the drop in stock prices and higher corporate bond yields have retightened financial conditions and offset the Fed's earlier stimulus.
- While there is also support for retightening the rules in the U.S. House of Representatives, leaders in that chamber are opposed and may prevent a similar measure from moving forward.
- If the knot is taking a lot of stress, it will usually work itself loose, or let the line slip through, which is never good as it forces you to retighten the line repeatedly in a session of slacking.
- Then screw the rod in about 1/8 inch, retighten the lock nut against the fitting, and test.
- Angel retightened his grip on the ex-Watcher's arm and pulled him away from the desk.
- I had to reach around his waist to grab the loose end of the belt and retightened it with a series of sharp tugs.
- The paraglider pilot never released the towline but had he done so before it retightened the incident would have been prevented
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