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English verb: crack down

1. crack down (change) repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)


SamplesThe police clamped down on illegal drugs.


Synonymsclamp down


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something


Broader (hypernym)bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel









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