Similar words: clampdown, preeclampsia, pre-eclampsia, stamp duty, keep down, step down, drop down, drop-down menu. Meaning: v. repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable).
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1. The government intends to clamp down on drug smuggling.
2. The Government intends to clamp down on soccer hooliganism.
3. We must clamp down now,before it's too late to stop the trouble.
4. The local council has pledged to clamp down on litter louts on the beach.
5. The team manager has been quick to clamp down on the merest hint of complacency.
6. The new government promised to clamp down on welfare scroungers.
7. The police are going to clamp down on illegal stock exchange activities in the streets.
8. Banking regulators failed to clamp down until earlier this month.
9. If we don't clamp down on these troublemakers now, the situation could get out of control.
10. My father would clamp down on their education - their only means of freedom.
11. The clamp down will create a new breed of locally created censors.
12. Leaks from Clinton's team suggest Democrats may clamp down on the massive amounts executives can earn.
13. New laws will clamp down on the illegal smuggling of cigarettes and tobacco.
14. The new, tougher laws are intended clamp down on the carrying of knives and other weapons.
15. The clamp down became more brutal: opposition activists were attacked by hit squads and six key opposition leaders were rounded up.
16. A massive security clamp down aimed at restoring order resulted in major bloodshed, particularly in the capital, Baku.
17. They clamp down on pickpockets.
18. Recently, decrees were issued to clamp down on terrorism.
19. Otherswere reluctant to clamp down.
20. It's extreme but would really clamp down on the offenders because any former player will tell you that a two-footed tackle is a coward's tackle.
21. Don't clamp down or flip out; leave a little wiggle room.
22. Might it clamp down on this budding [ Polish ] Solidarity - style movement to protect the all - important export machine?
23. The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
24. When the President's position was threatened,[sentencedict.com/clamp down.html] he issued an order to clamp down on all anti - government activities.
25. Read in studio One of the country's smallest police forces has been chosen to co-ordinate a national clamp down on trespassing travellers.
26. The situation could worsen this year as the government continues to clamp down on credit.
27. Officials will be able to make key industry appointments and clamp down on manufacturers not making adequate profits.
28. From 2008, efforts accelerated to revive the public distribution system and clamp down on markets.
29. The Obama administration's push for high-speed trains is foundering, as Congress moves to clamp down on funding and a showcase California project encounters new hurdles.
30. Germany's Social Democratic Party is pushing for legislation to clamp down on pay, though its partner in government, Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, has so far resisted.
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