tighten up

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tighten up - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"

constrain, stiffen, tighten

confine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

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? tighten up

= tighten VI

(in discipline) → strenger werden, härter durchgreifen; they’ve tightened up on security → sie haben die Sicherheitsvorkehrungen verschärft

vt sep

= tighten VT a

organization, procedure → straffen; discipline, controls → verschärfen

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