"tighten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tighten verbo

tighten + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 30

tighten controls • tighten one's grip • tighten one's belts • tighten security • tighten one's hold • tighten policy • tighten one's arms • ...

Kolokacji: 15

Grup znaczeniowych: 7

Kolokacji: 7

(2) grip, hold, screw, grasp

Kolokacji: 4

1. tighten one's grip = dociskać czyjś chwyt tighten one's grip

2. tighten one's hold = dociskać czyjś uścisk tighten one's hold

3. tighten the screws = dokręć wkręty tighten the screws

4. tighten one's grasp = dociskać czyjś chwyt tighten one's grasp

The soldiers on either side of him tightened their grasp, and suddenly he was being dragged forward.
He had hold of my hand still, and he tightened his grasp upon it.
As I thought it, he tightened his grasp upon them.
Then I tightened my grasp, and he rose to his feet, facing me.
Tightening her grasp on his arm, she whisked them across town.
She tried to withdraw it, but he tightened his grasp.
When they reached the bottom he tightened his grasp and soared back toward the light.
He laughed, low and deep, tightening his grasp on my waist.
She twitched, and he tightened his grasp, holding her still.
"I am here," he said, tightening his grasp on her hand.

(3) belt, arm, noose

Kolokacji: 3

Kolokacji: 5

(5) lip, muscle, jaw, throat, mouth, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(6) finger, hand, fist

Kolokacji: 3

(7) requirement, enforcement

Kolokacji: 2

verbo + tighten

Kolokacji: 4

try tightening • begin tightening • keep tightening • finish tightening

tighten + preposición

Kolokacji: 25

tighten up • tighten around • tighten on • tighten into • tighten with • ...

tighten + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 31

tighten further • tighten slightly • tighten painfully • tighten suddenly • slowly tighten • ...

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