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Definition of 'clamp down' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) clamp down, crack down
repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
"The police clamped down on illegal drugs"


Definition of 'clamp down' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) clamp down
to make a big effort to stop
to clamp down on student misbehavior; a security clampdown


Translation of 'clamp down' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to check or control strictly.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: beteuel Arabic flag Arabic: يَسْتَعْمِلُ الشِّدَّه ضِ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ставам по-взискателен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: dominar Czech flag Czech: zarazit (co) German flag German: scharf vorgehen
Danish flag Danish: stramme; slå ned på Greek flag Greek: καταστέλλω, ελέγχω αυστηρ Spanish flag Spanish: poner freno a
Estonian flag Estonian: kontrolli tugevdama Farsi flag Farsi: سختگیری کردن Finnish flag Finnish: tarkastaa tiukasti
French flag French: serrer la vis (à) Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִנקוֹט בְּיָד קָשָה Hindi flag Hindi: कठोर नियंत्रण कायम करना
Croatian flag Croatian: pritegnuti Hungarian flag Hungarian: lecsap vkire/vmire Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengontrol
Icelandic flag Icelandic: herða eftirlit; beita reg Italian flag Italian: dare un giro di vite a Japanese flag Japanese: 取り締まる
Korean flag Korean: 단속하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: paimtiį nagą, imti griežč Latvian flag Latvian: apkarot; stingri kontrolē
Malay flag Malay: mengetatkan kawalan Dutch flag Dutch: een einde maken aan Norwegian flag Norwegian: innføre kontroll med; beo
Polish flag Polish: wzmacniać kontrolę Persian flag Persian: سختگیری کردن Pashto flag Pashto: سختگیړی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: dominar Romanian flag Romanian: a deveni mai sever (cu) Russian flag Russian: строго проверять
Slovak flag Slovak: znemožniť Slovenian flag Slovenian: strogo preverjati; privit Serbian flag Serbian: zauzdati
Swedish flag Swedish: slå ner på, klämma åt Thai flag Thai: จำกัด Turkish flag Turkish: sıkı kontrol altına almak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 取締,鎮壓 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: стати вимогливішивим Urdu flag Urdu: اچانک نافذ شدہ پابندی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kiểm soát chặt chẽ Chinese flag Chinese: 取缔,强制执行

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