Synonyms for tighten up
tight·en up

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1. stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrainverb

   restrict

   "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"

   Synonyms:
   fasten, restrain, encumber, tighten, constrain, cumber, reduce, stiffen

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1. Steve Shadowen:

   Everything started building from, 'let's do something about El Paso' into this is huge 'the negligence of the gun industry is immense,' so let's do something that tried to solve the bigger picture. we are particularly interested in getting the manufacturers going forward to change the way they do business, to tighten up their distribution systems so that they don't continue to supply unlimited amounts of guns to gun dealers who are systematically selling them to straw purchasers and others who are engaged in trafficking into Mexico.

2. John Kilduff:

   That helped, and given the broader situation with OPEC+, I would expect for this market to tighten up further.

3. Steve Shadowen:

   We are particularly interested in getting the manufacturers going forward to change the way they do business, to tighten up their distribution systems so that they don't continue to supply unlimited amounts of guns to gun dealers who are systematically selling them to straw purchasers and others who are engaged in trafficking into Mexico.

4. Lara Ferreira:

   We just have to tighten up and go lean for a little bit here.

5. Jeb Bush:

   If I was President of the United States, that person would be fired, they did not follow up on the inspector general's recommendations to tighten up security to create a stronger firewall.