单词 | tighten up |
释义 | tighten up (once / 11268 pages) v WORD FAMILY tighten up: tightened up, tightening up, tightens up USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s high time for the Security Council to come together to tighten up the sanctions regime,” U.K. Wall Street Journal(Nov 29, 2016) And Orlando tightened up on the defensive end, holding Bradley Beal to just five points in the second half. Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) Both teams tightened up defensively in the second half after an up-and-down, wide-open first, causing longer possessions and a much slower pace. Washington Times(Nov 22, 2016) v restrict Syn|Hyper constrain, stiffen, tighten bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel place limits on (extent or access) |
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