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tighten up

To become tense and restrained.
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You must follow every change because every change affects your play. If another player loses a big pot, you must ask yourself how this will affect his play. Will he go on tilt? Will he tighten up?

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'tighten up':

tighten upTo make sufficiently tight.
tighten upTo fix something or make it correct.
tighten upTo become stringent and ungenerous.
tighten upTo become focused and serious; To stop any vacillation or inconsistency.
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