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clamping off

clamping off is the present participle and gerund of clamp off.

Meaning of clamp off

Verb

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

  1. To stop or restrict the flow of, with (or as if with) a clamp.
    • Calls to unity are almost always issued when one party wants to clamp off debate.1980 April 5, Mary Burns, “Aggrieved Surprise”, in Gay Community News, page 4

Questions about clamping off

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

Words near clamping off in the dictionary

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

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