"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

He tightened until the box splintered into a noncohesive collection of fragments.
Mat's hand tightened on his purse until the coins inside grated together.
If I tried to interrupt or correct him, that grip would tighten until my bones creaked.
She tightened her fist around the ring until the stone bit into her flesh.
His fingers tightened until bark bit roughly into his palms.
He tightened his finger until the skin shone white in the candlelight.
Instead, his hands clutched the table edge, tightened there until their muscles strained.
The Father tightened his grip until her arms hurt.
Harry's fingers tightened on her shoulders until the grip hurt.
He did not order a new plan to tighten security until more specific evidence arose the next year, he said.

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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