"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 • ...

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 • ...

Kolokacji: 12

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) up, around, on, into, with, ...

Kolokacji: 12

1. tighten up = zaostrzyć (np. przepisy, regulacje) tighten up

2. tighten around = dociśnij wokół tighten around

3. tighten on = dociskać na tighten on

4. tighten into = dociskać do tighten into

5. tighten with = dociskać z tighten with

6. tighten at = dociskać przy tighten at

7. tighten in = dociskać w tighten in

8. tighten to = dociskać aby tighten to

9. tighten for = dociskać dla tighten for

10. tighten over = dociskać ponad tighten over

11. tighten about = dociskać około tighten about

Then she tightened her fingers about his and said, "One day, you won't have to."
She pressed back against him and felt his arms tighten about her.
He tightened his hold about her back, as if afraid she'd disappear.
I am part of him now, she thought, and tightened her arms about his waist.
He caught himself and the child's thin arms tightened about his neck.
His hands tightened about her waist, but he did not move.
But as the tape tightened about her, she did catch on.
His arm tightened about me, but it was some time before he answered.
The fingers of his right hand tighten about the dark wood.
She felt him begin to withdraw and tightened her arms about his neck.

12. tighten against = dociskać przeciwko tighten against

(2) down, by, after, across, upon, ...

Kolokacji: 13

tighten + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 31

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

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