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"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 • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 15
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 7
(1) control, restriction, standard, regulation, rule, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(2) grip, hold, screw, grasp
Kolokacji: 4
(3) belt, arm, noose
Kolokacji: 3
(4) security, policy, credit, sanction, law
Kolokacji: 5
1. tighten security = obostrzyć środki bezpieczeństwa tighten security
2. tighten policy = obostrz politykę tighten policy
  • If those numbers are unusually strong, they might move to tighten policy further.
  • The government responded by tightening monetary policy, raising rates five times, to 6 percent in 1989 and 1990.
  • "With the level of real economic activity still low, there is no chance they will move to tighten monetary policy," he added.
  • With the economy sluggish, no effort was made to tighten fiscal policy.
  • "There is a general feeling now that none of the world's central banks want to tighten monetary policy."
  • But some economists said there is still a chance that the central bank could tighten monetary policy.
  • It is at that point the Bank needs to decide whether to tighten monetary policy again.
  • That, in turn, will probably cause the Fed to tighten policy at least once more.
  • "I don't think these figures mean the Fed will have to tighten policy further."
  • After looking at the employment numbers, one money manager said he agreed that the Fed would tighten policy again.
3. tighten credit = ogranicz kredyt tighten credit
4. tighten sanctions = ogranicz aprobaty tighten sanctions
5. tighten the law = zaostrz prawo tighten the law
tighten laws
(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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