Translations for „tighten up“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . tighten up VB trans

1. tighten up (make firmer):

to tighten up ⇆ sth

etw fester [o. CH a. satter] ziehen

to tighten up one's muscles

die Muskeln straffen

2. tighten up (make stricter):

to tighten up ⇆ sth

etw verschärfen

to tighten up the law on advertising

strengere Verordnungen in der Werbung einführen

II . tighten up VB intr

1. tighten up (introduce stricter regime):

tighten up

schärfere Maßnahmen ergreifen

it's time we tightened up around here

es ist an der Zeit, hier ein strengeres Regime einzuführen

to tighten up on sth

etw einschränken

2. tighten up (become tense):

tighten up

sich acc anspannen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to tighten the nut up

die Mutter festziehen

to tighten up one's muscles

die Muskeln straffen

to loosen/tighten [up] a screw

eine Schraube lockern/anziehen

to tighten up the law on advertising

strengere Verordnungen in der Werbung einführen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Nur's administration also started large-scale rehabilitation of roads and general infrastructure, with residents closely cooperating with the civil and police authorities to tighten up on security.

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The threat of relegation will encourage teams to tighten up, not free up.

www.telegraph.co.uk

We're trying to tighten up a timeline as to their movements throughout the night.

windsorstar.com

If the obstacle is laxity, we need to tighten up our practice.

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There are two in front of baji, and a person can tighten up whenever needed.

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We have to find a way to tighten up the timelines.

business.financialpost.com

It was a sloppy ending for the 67's, who need to tighten up in their own end.

www.ottawasun.com

It's a chance for us to get to.500 and to look to get beyond that... get organized, tighten up our team play.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

Future updates can fix these issues, tighten up some of the touch interface.

www.kotaku.com.au

They continued rehearsing and played a few shows to tighten up their sound.

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