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clamped down on

clamped down on is the simple past and past participle of clamp down on.

Meaning of clamp down on

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.

Questions about clamped down on

What is clamped down on the simple past and past participle of?
Clamped down on is the simple past and past participle of clamp down on.

Words near clamped down on in the dictionary

  1. clamp-downs
  2. clampable
  3. clampdown
  4. clampdowns
  5. clamped
  6. clamped down on
  7. clamped off
  8. clampee
  9. clampees
  10. clamper
  11. clampered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clamped down on (page history and authors); clamp down on (page history and authors). 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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