to straiten

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daraltmak
strait jacket deli gömleği
{f} sıkıştırmak
{f} darboğaza sokmak
sıkıntıya düşürmek
büyük darlık içinde
{f} sıkmak
in straitened circumstances çok muhtaç vaziyette
sıkıştır
fakir
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Common misspelling of straighten
To squeeze something together to make it narrow, or to confine it in a smaller space

The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream.

To restrict, especially financially

Rising costs put those on fixed incomes in straitened circumstances.

{v} to make direct or narrow, to distress
To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; used chiefly in the past participle; as, a man straitened in his circumstances
To make tense, or tight; to tighten
To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine
{f} put in a difficult situation; restrict, confine; make narrow (Archaic)
misspelling of straighten
squeeze together
to straiten
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