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Synonyms for clamp down
clamp down
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Princeton's WordNet
clamp down, crack downverb
repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
"The police clamped down on illegal drugs"
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crack down
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I’m skeptical on the ability to clamp down on guns. That horse has already left the stable, most people who are highly dangerous don’t go to a legal gun dealer. They go on the internet or the black market or just get someone else to buy a gun for them.
In the past year, the Vietnamese authorities have made a clear effort to clamp down on social media, they have realized that Facebook was one of the last safe spaces where people could peacefully speak their mind, spread news, hold debates - everything the authorities are afraid of.
The sooner you deliver the placenta, the sooner the uterus will clamp down and there will be less of a concern.
Putin's decision to limit access to Facebook is a terrible omen for Russian freedom, it is the proverbial camel's nose under the tent.Expect much worse denial of freedom to follow.This is especially true as evidenced by the Kremlin's recent decision to clamp down on anti-war protesters.
The more they clamp down on demonstrations, the more I understand that they're worried about unemployment.
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