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English verb: clamp down | |||
| 1. | clamp down (change) repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) | ||
| Samples | The police clamped down on illegal drugs. | ||
| Synonyms | crack down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel | ||
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