/ English Dictionary

CLAMP DOWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)

Example:

The police clamped down on illegal drugs

Synonyms:

clamp down; crack down

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clamp down" is one way to...):

bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

clampdown (sudden restriction on an activity)

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