Related Clues

• Prepared for a blow
• Got tight
• Became strained
• Got uptight
• Pulled tight
• Made tight, as muscles
• Stiffened
• Showed anxiety
• Got wound up
• Braced
• Was uptight
• Became rigid
• Tightened (up)
• Tightened
• Became on edge
• ___ up (got nervous)
• Prepared to spring
• Grew rigid (with "up")
• Became anxious
• Showed fear