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    tighten up

    US /ˈtaɪtn: ʌp/

    ・

    UK /ˈtaɪtn ʌp/

    A1
    phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo make stricter or more secure.
    The police decided to tighten up security after the bomb threat.
    phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo make something physically firmer or tighter.
    Tighten up your stomach muscles while doing this exercise.
    phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo make rules or procedures more strict or rigorous.
    The company needs to tighten up its rules regarding employee conduct.

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    Improve your Carving Game - Snowboard Better

    12:11Improve your Carving Game - Snowboard Better
    • Now that's fine for your mellow green slopes but you do that on anything a bit steeper and that boards going to start picking up loads of speed as you're making these really big turns with a lot of time spent in the full line. So what we want to start to do and where things get a bit more fun is when we can actually tighten up the arc of that turn. Tighten up the radius of those carves.

      Now that's fine for your mellow green slopes but you do that on anything a bit steeper and that boards going to start picking up loads of speed as you're making these really big turns with a lot of time spent in the full line. So what we want to start to do and where things get a bit more fun is when we can actually tighten up the arc of that turn. Tighten up the radius of those carves.

    • For it to bend like a banana or more professionally we need it to go into reverse camber. Now there's a few ways that we can do that. You can just take a bit more speed. You can lean laterally into the slope a bit more but the best way, the way that gives the best and the most immediate results is to actually push your legs into the board. The way we do that is simply to extend the legs. As you push your legs into the board you apply pressure through the middle of the board. You bend it like a banana. You push it into reverse camber and you increase the radius of your turn. No you don't. You decrease the radius of your turn. You make it smaller. I'm getting too technical here. Basically by pushing your legs into the board as you extend you're going to tighten up that turn. So that's what we're going to do now. Have a quick play with this. Push those legs out through the turn and you can kind of do it progressively through the turn or you can kind of pump it like you're riding a wave. Get that board to kind of nip back up the slope. All right let's give that a go.

      For it to bend like a banana or more professionally we need it to go into reverse camber. Now there's a few ways that we can do that. You can just take a bit more speed. You can lean laterally into the slope a bit more but the best way, the way that gives the best and the most immediate results is to actually push your legs into the board. The way we do that is simply to extend the legs. As you push your legs into the board you apply pressure through the middle of the board. You bend it like a banana. You push it into reverse camber and you increase the radius of your turn. No you don't. You decrease the radius of your turn. You make it smaller. I'm getting too technical here. Basically by pushing your legs into the board as you extend you're going to tighten up that turn. So that's what we're going to do now. Have a quick play with this. Push those legs out through the turn and you can kind of do it progressively through the turn or you can kind of pump it like you're riding a wave. Get that board to kind of nip back up the slope. All right let's give that a go.

    B1

    Allen Iverson Crossover: How To Do Basketball Moves

    02:43Allen Iverson Crossover: How To Do Basketball Moves
    • dollar go to help the show! So click the button now and tighten up those handles. Hi I'm Coach

      dollar go to help the show! So click the button now and tighten up those handles. Hi I'm Coach

    • So just click the button now to tighten up those handles.

      So just click the button now to tighten up those handles.

    B1

    European Travel Skills Part II

    24:57European Travel Skills Part II
    • to cut one day. I'll have to tighten up on Paris, three days rather than four and I've

      to cut one day. I'll have to tighten up on Paris, three days rather than four and I've

    • I think I could tighten up on Paris.

      I think I could tighten up on Paris.

    B1

    Bubble Bear | We Bare Bears | Cartoon Network

    04:34Bubble Bear | We Bare Bears | Cartoon Network
    • Drive wide neckle so I tighten up my buckle.

      Drive wide neckle so I tighten up my buckle.

    • Ride for an apple, so I tighten up my buckle.

      Ride for an apple, so I tighten up my buckle.

    B2

    Stress Eating Explained (And Other Weird Fight Or Flight Responses)

    11:02Stress Eating Explained (And Other Weird Fight Or Flight Responses)
    • And even though you might tighten up from both physical and psychological stress, this study was just describing a physical tensing response.

      And even though you might tighten up from both physical and psychological stress, this study was just describing a physical tensing response.

    • And even though you might tighten up from both physical and psychological stress, this study was just describing a physical tensing response.

      And even though you might tighten up from both physical and psychological stress, this study was just describing a physical tensing response.

    B1

    European Travel Skills: Planning Your Itinerary

    03:34European Travel Skills: Planning Your Itinerary
    • I think I could tighten up on Paris.

      I think I could tighten up on Paris.

    • I think I could tighten up on Paris. I had given it four, we'll do Paris in three

      I think I could tighten up on Paris. I had given it four, we'll do Paris in three

    B1

    How to Save the World from Email

    01:22How to Save the World from Email
    • cc's and when forwarding emails tighten up threads by deleting unimportant things. Oh,

      cc's and when forwarding emails tighten up threads by deleting unimportant things. Oh,

    • And when forwarding emails, tighten up threads by deleting unimportant things.

      And when forwarding emails, tighten up threads by deleting unimportant things.

    B1

    How to Hold Conversation Like a Man | Nick Sparks | Full Length HD

    59:40How to Hold Conversation Like a Man | Nick Sparks | Full Length HD
    • The thing is usually when you’re nervous, you tend to like tighten up a little bit more,

      The thing is usually when you’re nervous, you tend to like tighten up a little bit more,

    • you to overcompensate for your natural tendency to tighten up, not listen and not respond

      you to overcompensate for your natural tendency to tighten up, not listen and not respond

    A2

    Fishing in Australia - baracouta and gummy sharks

    04:59Fishing in Australia - baracouta and gummy sharks
    • we will pick up the rod, we will tighten up the drag and then we will let him go a bit

      we will pick up the rod, we will tighten up the drag and then we will let him go a bit

    • So what we'll do now is we'll pick up the rod, we'll tighten up the drag,

      So what we'll do now is we'll pick up the rod, we'll tighten up the drag,

    B1

    Caffeine!! - Bite Sci-zed !

    04:15Caffeine!! - Bite Sci-zed !
    • It also causes your muscles to tighten up, which would be useful if you were the lone human on the savanna deciding whether or not to fight or flee from that lion off in the distance,

      It also causes your muscles to tighten up, which would be useful if you were the lone human on the savanna deciding whether or not to fight or flee from that lion off in the distance,

    • It also causes your muscle to tighten up,

      It also causes your muscle to tighten up,

    B2