HyperDic: clamp_down

English > 1 sense of the expression clamp down:
VERBchangeclamp down, crack downrepress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
English > clamp down: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaningrepress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable).
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymcrack down
Broaderrestrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttleplace limits on (extent or access)
Nounsclampdownsudden restriction on an activity

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