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tighten up

tighten up (taiten ap)

Phrasal-verb Regulation

Meaning

to make rules or policies stricter

hacer las reglas o políticas más estrictas (hath-er las regu-las o pol-i-ticas mas es-tric-tas)

Oraciones de ejemplo

"The government decided to tighten up regulations on foreign investments."

"El gobierno decidió endurecer las regulaciones sobre las inversiones extranjeras." (El go-ber-no de-ci-dió en-du-re-cer las re-gu-la-cio-nes so-bre las in-ve-rsi-o-nes ex-tra-je-ras)

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