tightening up

tighten up

to fasten / to kill (fish)

wrist

physical tension, strain / mental strain, nervousness / tension in a relationship / the contracted state of a muscle

be physically tense / be mentally tense, be nervous / for a relationship to suffer tension / for a muscle to contract

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

about, approximately

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend