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tight ship en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) A well-organized and highly disciplined organization.
    • to run a tight ship
    • You're new here, so let me lay it down for you. I run a pretty tight ship around here. That's why the students call me "the hammer". 1999, Strangers with Candy (television production), spoken by Chuck Noblet (Stephen Colbert):
    • I know your agent’s third cousin really wanted to hear their name, but the Oscar show producers run a tight ship, yes-sir-Bob. 2015 February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, in The Guardian (London):

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tight ships Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

iron fist · right the ship

Translations (5)

sv strikt regemente (highly disciplined organization) · pl żelazna ręka (highly disciplined organization) · fi tiukka kuri (highly disciplined organization) · de strenges Regiment (highly disciplined organization) · it pieno regime (highly disciplined organization)