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clamp down

/ clamp down /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
"The police clamped down on illegal drugs"
Type of:
restrict restrain trammel
Derived:
crackdown clampdown
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
33%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
5
Times Searched
13
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restrict restrain trammel