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tighten up
verb as in systematize
Example Sentences
The government has said it will tighten up laws which allow people to buy drugs online that can be used to take their own lives.
Key to that would be urging Trump to put pressure on Vladmir Putin by threatening to seize frozen Russian assets, increase support for Ukraine and tighten up sanctions.
“We’ve got to tighten up our own time frame,” Supervisor Holly Mitchell agreed.
“Not everything is concrete, so we can give some leeway in one area and tighten up another,” Doran said.
They find comfort in being uncomfortable, they see opportunities to win rather than worry about losing, and they can stay loose when others tighten up.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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