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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yuriy	YOO-ree (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Jayden	JAY-dən	English (Modern)
RenÁTa	RE-nah-taw (Hungarian)	Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Barnard	['bɑ:nəd]
Eadmund	-	Anglo-Saxon
Iolana	-	Hawaiian