"tight" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tight adverbio

verbo + tight

Kolokacji: 34

hold tight • drawn tight • shut tight • close tight • pull tight • ...

Kolokacji: 9

Grup znaczeniowych: 5

(1) hold, clamp, tie, screw, feel, ...

Kolokacji: 10

(2) draw, pull, get, press, go, ...

Kolokacji: 12

(3) shut, close, lock, seal, jam, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(4) clench, clutch, grip

Kolokacji: 3

(5) stretch, sit, grow

Kolokacji: 3

1. stretch tight = napinać, naciągać, naprężać stretch tight

2. sit tight = nie zmieniać decyzji, nie podejmować nowych decyzji sit tight

3. grow tight = urośnij mocno grow tight

She could see in the twilight how his face grew tight.
The Nuggets (28-24) just kept running, never stopping for a red light even as the score grew tight.
The magic-user felt the skin of her face grow tight.
At the thought of her washing herself all over, his body grew tight.
Her face grew tight at that, and her lips pressed together.
Their formula for success had broken down long before the game grew tight.
Waters's voice grew tight, and the silence that followed was immediately tense.
Whenever I looked at the scene my chest grew tight as if something were pressing on it.
I wasn't sure why such a look from him made my throat grow tight.
He felt himself grow tight, but he forced a smile.

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