clamp down on sth
— phrasal verb with clamp uk/klæmp/us/klæmp/verb
to take strong action to stop or limit a harmful or unwanted activity:
The government is clamping down on teenage drinking.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- circumscribe
- clampdown
- clip
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- delimitation
- hamstring
- hedge
- infringe
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- qualification
- ration
- rationing
- restrain
- stabilizer
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