Related Words for straiten

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circumscribe
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Verb, Verb
confine
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Verb
restrict
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Verb
intend
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Verb
constrain
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Verb
straighten
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Verb
tighten
/x
Verb
narrow down
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Phrase, Verb
tailor
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Noun
straight
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Adjective
taut
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Adjective
contract
/x
Noun
straighten out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
tighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
squeeze in
/x
Phrase, Verb
tense
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Noun
broaden
/x
Verb
strive
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Verb
close in on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
straighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
widen
/x
Verb
sharpen
/x
Verb
abridge
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Verb
close in
/x
Phrase, Verb
compress
/x
Noun
conform
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Verb
bend
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Noun
align
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Verb
contain
x/
Verb
condense
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Verb
close
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Adjective
specialize
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Verb
brace
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Noun
stratify
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Verb
secure
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Adjective
bound
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Adjective
converge
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Noun
penetrate
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Verb
refine
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Verb
delimit
x/x
Verb
true
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Adjective
settle
/x
Verb
range
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Noun
strategize
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Verb
concise
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Noun
slight
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Adjective
compose
x/
Verb
abbreviate
x/xx
Verb
determine
x/x
Verb
tidy
/x
Adjective
square
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Noun
reach
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Noun
line
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Noun
turn
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Noun
define
x/
Verb
contour
/x
Noun
compact
/x
Noun
simplify
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Verb
limber
/x
Noun
fasten
/x
Verb
toughen
/x
Verb
tune
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Noun
shape
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Noun
bridge
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Noun
lengthen
/x
Verb
streamline
/x
Verb
seal
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Noun
communicate
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Verb
soften
/x
Verb
regulate
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Verb
rationalize
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Verb
precise
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Adjective
comprise
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Verb
seem
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Verb
elongate
x/x
Adjective
strut
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Noun
conciliate
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Verb
concentrate
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Noun
dilate
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Verb
clinch
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Noun
set apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
point
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Noun
expand
x/
Verb
intertwine
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Noun
contrive
x/
Verb
pin down
//
Phrase, Verb
bring to terms
///
Phrase, Verb
sort
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Noun
concede
x/
Verb
formulate
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Verb
tidy up
/xx
Phrase, Verb
conspire
x/x
Verb
situate
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Verb
reconcile
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Verb
convent
/x
Noun
accommodate
x/xx
Verb
mate
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Noun
cinch
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Noun
consign
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Verb
lighten
/x
Verb
junction
/x
Noun
cosy
/x
Adjective
lattice
/x
Noun
structure
/x
Noun
string together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
environ
x/x
Name
measure
/x
Noun
take to
//
Phrase, Verb
niche
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Noun
keep to
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Phrase, Verb
confer
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Verb
trim
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Noun
preen
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Noun
take
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Verb
concave
x/
Noun
pull together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
assimilate
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Verb
accord
x/
Noun
relax
x/
Verb
little
/x
Adverb
circumstances
/xxx
Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
save
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Verb, Noun
get
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Verb, Noun
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
gloss
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Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun