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harden (bookworm); toughen; step up (Alexander Demidov); ratchet up (The "Obamacare" health reform law ratcheted up the requirements for the compliance programs that these entities must implement. Or, alternatively, as requirements are ratcheted up, fewer students will make it to graduation. Alexander Demidov); make tougher; upgrade (Murry guilty under the capital punishment law and recommended life without parole, but the trial judge upgraded the punishment to death in the electric chair. Alexander Demidov); tighten up on something (что-либо; to be stricter or more serious about something such as a policy or a rule: My first priority is to tighten up on discipline. Bullfinch); severe (Taras); double down on (Tanya Gesse); make more strict (Tanya Gesse); impose stricter rules on (sometimes works Tanya Gesse); stiffen (Penalties for selling illegal drugs have been stiffened – from Cambridge Dictionary Tamerlane) | |||
tighten up one's grip on something (свой) контроль над/за (чем-либо) | |||
make more rigorous; make more severe | |||
stiffen (one's demands, etc) | |||
stiffen one's demands, etc (pf of ужесточать) | |||
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become tougher | |||
become tougher (pf of ужесточаться) | |||
steel oneself |
ужесточить: 66 phrases in 16 subjects |