To become focused and serious; To stop any vacillation or inconsistency.
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Plainly winter was at hand.
"Just as well we started when we did," said Bill. "No tellin' when she'll tighten up."
"May do it any time," Sam agreed.
Submitted on July 07, 2010
Additional definitions for 'tighten up':
| tighten up | To make sufficiently tight. |
| tighten up | To fix something or make it correct. |
| tighten up | To become tense and restrained. |
| tighten up | To become stringent and ungenerous. |
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