"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

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

The front seat belts have pretensioners that tighten in a fraction of a second during a crash.
The Heat's defense tightened during the final three quarters, limiting Carter's looks to the basket.
Industry analysts and executives with this view say world grain supplies will continue to tighten during the next few years.
The Fed, he recalled, tightened aggressively during the 1988 campaign.
But the company insisted that it had taken measures to tighten controls during the last 18 months.
But he really started selling when the Federal Reserve began to tighten the money supply during the summer and interest rates shot up.
Maryland families have been tightening their belts during this recession, now it's time for the federal government to do the same.
Shin-hanga declined as the military government tightened its control over the arts and culture during wartime.
There were signs that the race was tightening during the week.
As your lungs continue to tighten during the asthma attack, you will be unable to use the peak flow meter at all.

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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