clamp-downn.
/ˈklampdaʊn/, U.S. /ˈklæmpˌdaʊn/ An act of clamping down (see clamp v.1 3).
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun]
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restrainingc1390
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repression?a1425
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chastenment1882
detent1907
clamp-down1940
1940 T. H. Harrisson & C. H. Madge War begins at Home xi. 287 An almost complete clamp-down on juvenile, adolescent and adult education.
1960 News Chron. 30 Apr. 5/1 Leading motor dealers are not alarmed at the credit clamp-down.
1968 Guardian 25 Oct. 13/2 The clamp-down will come at any sign of..hooliganism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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