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tighten Significado & definición

0 to become tighter or to make something become tighter -- apretar
- His hand tightened around her arm.
1 to become or make tight -- reforzar
- His hold on her arm tightened. Apretó el agarre de su brazo.
- as security tightened a medida que la seguridad se reforzaba
- I could feel my muscles tightening. Podía sentir mis músculos tensándose.
- a tightening bond between the women un estrecho vínculo entre las mujeres

It is vital to tighten economic cooperation, to act as a counterweight to convergence.
Tightening up the rules is one thing, observing them and being accountable is another.
Firstly, this means tightening up the present system of port state control.
Secondly, we must tighten the provisions in respect of control and international coordination.
This is now intended to be tightened up and strengthened with better sanction mechanisms.
The new directives have to be implemented, monitoring must be tightened up.
We all agree that the proposal should be tightened and clarified.
We took measures, we tried to tighten up our use of antibiotics and to understand what could happen.