straiten
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Las Torres therefore determined to seize these places, which were distant about fifteen miles from his camp, and so to straiten the town for provisions.
From The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
To the Editers of The Cawcashin: Surs:—Didn't I tell you that, as soon as I got here, I would straiten things out?
From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Seba Smith
I absolutely must reform, for I do not propose that my father shall straiten himself for me; and that is what will happen if I continue to lead the life I have been leading.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
I want you to consider what per cent you can pay, and not straiten yourselves too much.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda Minnie Douglas
Oft times mischance shall straiten noble breast, viii.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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Pygmalion
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"A Day's Work," Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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