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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 • ...
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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 12
collocations grouped by meanings
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
tightened around
3. tighten on = dociskać na tighten on
tightened on
4. tighten into = dociskać do tighten into
tightened into
5. tighten with = dociskać z tighten with
tightened with
6. tighten at = dociskać przy tighten at
tightened at
7. tighten in = dociskać w tighten in
tightened in
8. tighten to = dociskać aby tighten to
tightened to
9. tighten for = dociskać dla tighten for
10. tighten over = dociskać ponad tighten over
  • The sales primarily benefited Russia's state energy companies as the government tightened its control over natural resources.
  • Moon's hands tightened over her knees as she watched them together.
  • For a moment, his hand tightened over hers and then he moved away quickly.
  • She sat motionless, with her hand tightening over the edge of the table, and he, too, said no more.
  • Certainly he wasn't the one who commanded his fingers to tighten over hers.
  • His fingers tightened over hers, remarkably strong for so old a man's.
  • "But that doesn't mean we should tighten control over family planning."
  • His hands tightened over the brass rail at the end of the bed.
  • But there is only so much money available for tax cuts and the Republicans tightened the requirements over the past few weeks.
  • "The rules have been very strict and tightening over the last five years," she said.
11. tighten about = dociskać około tighten about
12. tighten against = dociskać przeciwko tighten against
tightened 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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