Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tightens up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
tight-en-s up
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tighten up

Questions

What does tightens up mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of tighten up

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