to tighten up

Examples

• All

• Ofsted is to press ahead with plans to tighten up the assessment of children's services.

  Academic text (2009)

• So if you don't tighten up codes and regulations, then you really aren't going to get to energy efficiency in a reasonable way.

• So we want to tighten up the laws and, and, and and, and not, you know, allow that escape out to be present.

  Danny Jones

• I do agree that the administration needs to tighten up big style, but I think we need to give it some more time.

  Blog text (23)

• Have you read about how all companies have had to tighten up their operations to survive?

  Blog text (28)

• Perhaps a better solution is to tighten up the rules against abusive debt collection (as many observed above).

  Blog text (6)

• If folks are abusing tax deductions, there's a much simpler remedy available: amend the tax code to tighten up the deduction.

  Blog text (24)

• The government announced that they will tighten up regulations on air quality to reduce pollution.

• After the recent scandal, the committee decided to tighten up their policies regarding financial disclosures.

• In response to increasing complaints, management plans to tighten up the rules about employee conduct.

Synonyms

T

to tighten

vsto tighten up

93 3.5

To make rules or limits stricter

is the same action but often said with an added informal word

S

to stiffen

vsto tighten up

1 4.8

To make a rule or law stricter

is about increasing harshness or severity rather than narrowing scope

R

to retighten

vsto tighten up

5.3

Make rules or limits stricter again after they are relaxed

is the first increase in strictness rather than a repeated action

Antonyms

R

to relax

26 3.2

To make rules less strict

How Strict

to crack down

63 3.8

to clamp down

18 4.2

to tighten up

• Informal

9 4.4

to relax

26 3.2

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Etymology