CLAMP DOWN (crack down)

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• clamp down — verb repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) The police clamped down on illegal drugs • Syn: ↑crack down • Derivationally related forms: ↑crackdown (for: ↑crack down), ↑clampdown …   Useful english dictionary

• clamp down on — SUPPRESS, prevent, stop, put a stop/end to, stamp out; crack down on, limit, restrict, control, keep in check. → clamp * * * clamp down on To suppress, or suppress the activities of, firmly (clampˈdown noun) • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• clamp down on — they promised to clamp down on the drug trafficking in this neighborhood Syn: suppress, prevent, stop, put a stop/end to, stamp out; crack down on, limit, restrict, control, keep in check …   Thesaurus of popular words

• clamp down on — crack down; impose restrictions; limit an action of some kind (usually a forbidden action) …   English contemporary dictionary

• clamp down on — Synonyms and related words: asphyxiate, beat down, bottle up, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, censor, choke off, coerce, compel, cork, cork up, cow, crack down on, crush, damp down, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, drown,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• clamp down — intransitive verb Date: 1938 to impose restrictions ; crack down < the police are clamping down on speeders > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• crack down — verb repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) The police clamped down on illegal drugs • Syn: ↑clamp down • Derivationally related forms: ↑crackdown, ↑clampdown (for: ↑clamp down) …   Useful english dictionary

• crack down on — SUPPRESS, prevent, stop, put a stop to, put an end to, stamp out, eliminate, eradicate; clamp down on, get tough on, come down hard on, limit, restrain, restrict, check, keep in check, control, keep under control. → crack * * * crack down on To… …   Useful english dictionary

• crack down — PHRASAL VERB If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws. → See also crackdown [V P on n] The government has cracked down hard on those campaigning for greater democracy...… …   English dictionary

• crack down on — a campaign to crack down on crime Syn: suppress, prevent, stop, put a stop to, put an end to, stamp out, eliminate, eradicate; clamp down on, get tough on, come down hard on, limit, restrain, restrict, check, keep in check, control, keep under… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• crack down on — Synonyms and related words: ambush, asphyxiate, assail, assault, attack, blitz, bottle up, bushwhack, censor, choke off, clamp down on, come at, come down on, cork, cork up, crush, damp down, descend on, descend upon, drown, extinguish, fall on,… …   Moby Thesaurus