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tighten VB

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tighten
شَدَّ

tighten ADJ

tighten
ضاق

tighten VB

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tighten. VB

tighten.
وَتَّرَ
tighten.
شَدَّ

tighten chuck firmly MECH

tighten one's belt VB

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The red delineation indicates the edge of the nose-tip cartilage, which is narrowed when the surgeon tightens the folded cartilage apex.
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Security was again tightened, with 9,000 police deployed in three layers of security at the 13 counting centres within the 12 districts.
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It was easy to be generous and filial during the good times but when household budgets tighten, what is the cost of true filial piety?
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Strings can be tightened by a special machine, but often are tightened by hand, and then tied.
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Both teams' defenses tightened up, and the clubs exchanged punts twice.
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One, very primitive, model is a metal bar that has a key used to tighten.
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He worked mainly with the news division, tightening up their standards and producing specials.
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Price controls were tightened, and a new currency was introduced.
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Production was significantly faster, with the former four-day filming schedules now tightened to two or three days.
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The security at the embassy was tightened in the early 1980s, when the embassy was burned to the ground in 1979 by extremists.
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