tighten
tahy tuhn
- v make tight or tighter
- v become tight or tighter
The rope tightened - v restrict
- v narrow or limit
- While the results are positive news for an Obama campaign that has seen the race tighten over the past few weeks, there are encouraging signs for McCain as well.
- And he has never recanted his belief that the Fed should tighten credit mildly at the first signs of renewed inflation.
- Put simply, any Fed moves to tighten may set off a further stampede into the hottest stocks around.