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CLAMP DOWN
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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)
