Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 10 compound words that contain tighten. The most common are listed below. Open tighten in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- tighten upTo make sufficiently tight.
- tighten one's beltTo be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.
- tighten the purse stringsTo decrease spending or disallow increased spending; to increase control of spending.
- belt-tightenTo tighten one's belt.
- tighten downTo make (something) tighter, most often screws, knots, straps, etc.
- tighten the pursestringsAlternative form of tighten the purse strings: To decrease spending or disallow increased spending; to increase control of spending.
Compound words 10
- tightenerSomething used to tighten.
- overtightenTo tighten too much.
- mistightenTo tighten improperly.
- pretightenTo tighten (bolts, etc.) in advance.
- retightento tighten again
- tightenableAble to be tightened.
- tightenestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of tighten
- tighteneththird-person singular simple present indicative of tighten: To make tighter.
- tightenersplural of tightener: Something used to tighten.
- tighteningsplural of tightening: present participle and gerund of tighten