clamp down

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Noun clamp down has 1 sense

clampdown - sudden restriction on an activity
--₁ is a kind of limitation, restriction

Derived form: verb clamp down₁

Verb clamp down has 1 sense

clamp down, crack down - repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs"
--₁ is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

Derived form: noun clampdown₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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