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tighten up

tighten up (taïten ap)

Phrasal-verb Regulation

Signification

to make rules or policies stricter

rendre les règles ou politiques plus strictes (ren-dre les rè-gles ou po-li-ti-ques plus stric-tes)

Phrases d'exemple

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

"Le gouvernement a décidé de durcir les régulations sur les investissements étrangers." (Le gou-ver-ne-ment a dé-ci-dé de dur-cir les ré-gu-la-tions sur les in-ves-tis-se-ments é-tran-gers.)

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