- Home
- Idioms
- tighten on
tighten on
tighten something on(to) something
to make something more tightly attached to something. Will you please tighten this nut onto the bolt? I tightened the lid on the pickle jar.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Selena | | - | Spanish, Russian, Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
| Kathie | | ['kæθi] | |
| Pinar | | - | Turkish |
| Haik | | - | Armenian |
| Eliphalet | | i-LIF-ə-let (English), ee-LIF-ə-let (English) | Biblical |
| Ena (1) | | - | Irish |