单词 | clamp down on |
释义 | clamp down onSEE SYNONYMS FOR clamp down on ON THESAURUS.COM Also, put the clamps on. Become stricter or more repressive; put a stop to. For example, The company was clamping down on expenses like business lunches, or It's time we put the clamps on polluters. [Mid-1900s] Words nearby clamp down onclamor, clamorous, clamour, clamp, clampdown, clamp down on, clamper, clamp forceps, clamshell, clamshell door, clam up The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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