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tighten down

tighten down verb: to make (something) tighter, most often screws, knots, straps, etc.

Verb

tighten down (third-person singular simple present tightens down, present participle tightening down, simple past and past participle tightened down)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) tighter, most often screws, knots, straps, etc.

Forms of tighten down

third-person singular presenttightens down
present participletightening down
past participletightened down
pasttightened down

Questions about tighten down

What does tighten down mean?
Tighten down means to make (something) tighter, most often screws, knots, straps, etc.
What part of speech is tighten down?
Tighten down is a verb.
What is the past tense of tighten down?
The past tense of tighten down is tightened down.

Words near tighten down in the dictionary

  1. tightasses
  2. tightbeam
  3. tightbeams
  4. tighted
  5. tighten
  6. tighten down
  7. tighten one's belt
  8. tighten the purse strings
  9. tighten the purse-strings
  10. tighten the pursestrings
  11. tighten up

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