"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

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

Kolokacji: 13

1. tighten by = dociskać przez tighten by

If the oil market doesn't tighten by 1993, repeal will cost Americans nothing.
If that is true, then they will have finished tightening by the end of the fall.
A1 Israel acts to tighten controls on new building by settlers.
Tighten the nuts by hand to avoid cracking the base of the bowl.
A second run of seven consecutive wins tightened their grip on the lead by Christmas.
Replace the nut and tighten by no more than two complete turns from the moment it bites.
The case for an end to tightening by the Fed still has to be made.
He'd have to tighten the bolts by hand until he could get to a service station.
For the first time, he looked truly older, his face tightened and lined by memory.
The other day he announced that the league is tightening its policy on the use of steroids by the players.

2. tighten down = dociśnij w dół tighten down

3. tighten after = dociśnij potem tighten after

4. tighten across = dociśnij wszerz tighten across

5. tighten upon = dociskać na tighten upon

6. tighten under = dociśnij poniżej tighten under

7. tighten until = dociskać do czasu gdy tighten until

8. tighten during = dociskać podczas tighten during

9. tighten inside = dociśnij do środka tighten inside

10. tighten through = dociśnij całkowicie tighten through

11. tightened since = dociśnięty od tej pory tightened since

12. tighten from = dociskać z tighten from

13. tighten following = dociśnij następowanie tighten following

tighten + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 31

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

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