"tighten down" meaning in All languages combined

See tighten down on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: tightens down [present, singular, third-person], tightening down [participle, present], tightened down [participle, past], tightened down [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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