retighten
- a word derived from tighten.
Example Sentences
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If the virus continues to spread, Dick said Sisolak should retighten guidelines, particularly on group gatherings.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
If more people get sick, restrictions will retighten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2020
"Use your multitool to retighten the grubscrew, or remove the doorknob and use the pliers on the multitool to turn the shaft," wrote one.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2019
After transcription is completed, another signal would need to follow from said gene to retighten the chain.
From Scientific American ● May 20, 2011
The old man went out-of-doors again; and his horse being hardly unsaddled as yet, he told Upjohn to retighten the girths, when he again mounted, and rode off at the heels of the surgeon.
From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas
