tighten up

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по усилению безопасности, строгости или прочности чего-либо, а также повышения эффективности или дисциплины.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making something more secure, strict, or firm, or improving efficiency or discipline.

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Make more secure or firmformal

   To make something more tight, secure, or firmly fixed.

   Затянуть

   • He tightened up the screws on the shelf.
   • You need to tighten up the rope so it doesn't slip.
   • The mechanic tightened up the bolts on the engine.

   Synonymsanchorbraceclampfastenreinforcesecurestiffenstrengthentauten

   Antonymsloosenrelax

2. Improve or make stricterformal

   To make rules, procedures, or standards more strict or effective.

   Ужесточить

   • The company tightened up its security policies after the breach.
   • The government plans to tighten up regulations on pollution.
   • We need to tighten up our quality control process.

   Synonymsreinforcestiffenstrengthentoughen

   Antonymseaseloosenrelax

3. Become tense or nervousinformal

   To become physically or emotionally tense, often due to stress or fear.

   Напрячься

   • He tightened up when he heard the strange noise.
   • She tends to tighten up before public speaking.
   • Don't tighten up; just relax and breathe deeply.

   Synonymschokeclenchfreezestiffentense up

   Antonymscalmloosenrelaxunwind

Base verbtighten