Word.ws English Dictionary

clamping down on

clamping down on is the present participle and gerund 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 clamping down on

What is clamping down on the present participle and gerund of?
Clamping down on is the present participle and gerund of clamp down on.

Words near clamping down on in the dictionary

  1. clamper
  2. clampered
  3. clampering
  4. clampers
  5. clamping
  6. clamping down on
  7. clamping off
  8. clampings
  9. Clampitt
  10. Clampitts
  11. clampless

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: clamping 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “clamping down on.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/clamping_down_on. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.