cinch up

To tighten some drawstring or strap, especially a saddle girth: I cinched up the saddle girth before mounting the horse. I cinched up the hood of my jacket to keep the rain out.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tatiana	tah-TYAH-nah (Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian), TAH-tee-ah-nah (Finnish), ta-tee-AN-ə (English), ta-TYAN-ə (English)	Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Greek, Georgian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Narayanan	-	Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Hektor	-	Greek Mythology
Valerian	və-LIR-ee-ən (English)	History, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Romanian
ŚWiĘTomierz	shvyen-TAWM-yesh	Polish (Archaic)
Ali (1)	‘ah-LEE: (Arabic)	Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay