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    [Verb]  | "tight*en" | \ ˈtī-tᵊn \


    1: to make tight or tighter

    2: to become tight or tighter

    Origin: circa 1727 ;

    [Noun]  | "belt-tight*en*ing" | \ ˈbelt-ˌtī-tᵊn-iŋ \


    1: a reduction in spending

    Origin: 1931 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "tighten up" 


    1: to become more strict or effective or to make (something) more strict or effective

    [Verb]  | "tightening" 


    1: to draw tight;


      * e.g., " ... tighten the straps on the backpack so that the load doesn't shift while hiking "




    [Verb]  | "tighten" 


    1: to draw tight;


      * e.g., " ... tighten the straps on the backpack so that the load doesn't shift while hiking "




    [Noun]  | "belt-tightening" 


     

     

     

     

     


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