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Verb: tense up
  1. Become tense, nervous, or uneasy
    "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
    - tense
     
  2. Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
    - tense, strain

Derived forms: tensing up, tenses up, tensed up

Type of: affect, change state, turn

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