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  1. clamp down onverb

    To take measures to stop something; to put an end to.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of clamp down on in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of clamp down on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of clamp down on in a Sentence

  1. Steven Howard:

    The thing begins to fire, and it begins to jump and buck all over the place, your first human instinct is for your hands to clamp down, and you clamp down on the trigger, and if the thing has a 32-round magazine ... it starts spraying all over and people get killed.

  2. Col Robert Lee Maginnis:

    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.

  3. Maria Shagina:

    The more they clamp down on demonstrations, the more I understand that they're worried about unemployment.

  4. Nicholas Holt:

    We believe there needs to be more attention paid to this, there needs to be more efforts to clamp down on the bad faith trademarks.

  5. Deepti Gurdasani:

    We need to refocus our entire strategy on reducing transmission, all countries need to have long term focus on masks and ventilation,( and to) clamp down on outbreaks as they occur.

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