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clamp down on

clamp down on verb: to take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly.

Verb

clamp down on (third-person singular simple present clamps down on, present participle clamping down on, simple past and past participle clamped down on)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly.
    • The government aims to clamp down on underage drinking.
    • American referee Mike Geiger's failure to clamp down on early misdemeanours led to him losing control of a game that Colombia seemed determined to turn into a battle.2018 July 3, Phil McNulty, “Colombia 1 - 1 England”, in BBC Sport

clamp down on meaning in Malayalam

clamp down on in Malayalam

prevent, suppress, stop
അടിച്ചമർത്തുക, അമർത്തുക, അമർച്ചചെയ്യുക, അമുക്കുക, ഞെരുക്കുക, നിരോധിക്കുക

Forms of clamp down on

third-person singular presentclamps down on
present participleclamping down on
past participleclamped down on
pastclamped down on

Words formed from clamp down on

Questions about clamp down on

What does clamp down on mean?
Clamp down on means to take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly.
What is clamp down on in Malayalam?
Clamp down on in Malayalam is അടിച്ചമർത്തുക, അമർത്തുക, അമർച്ചചെയ്യുക. See Clamp down on meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is clamp down on?
Clamp down on is a verb.
What is the past tense of clamp down on?
The past tense of clamp down on is clamped down on.

Words near clamp down on in the dictionary

  1. clamoxyquin
  2. clamoxyquine
  3. clamp
  4. clamp connection
  5. clamp connections
  6. clamp down on
  7. clamp off
  8. clamp stand
  9. clamp stands
  10. clamp-down
  11. clamp-downs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clamp down on (page history and authors); clamp down on (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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