tighten up
phrasal verbtighten up (on something) | tighten something up
- to become stricter or more careful; to make something become stricter
- Laws on gambling have tightened up recently.
- The police are tightening up on under-age drinking.
- The regional government has tightened up the country's lax planning laws.
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