"clamp down on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: clamps down on [present, singular, third-person], clamping down on [participle, present], clamped down on [participle, past], clamped down on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clamp down on (third-person singular simple present clamps down on, present participle clamping down on, simple past and past participle clamped down on)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Derived forms: clampdown [noun] Related terms: clamp off Translations (to take measures to stop something): 壓制 (Chinese Mandarin), 压制 (yāzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 制止 (zhìzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 鎮壓 (Chinese Mandarin), 镇压 (zhènyā) (Chinese Mandarin), slå ned på (Danish), puuttua (Finnish), lutter contre (French), faire cesser (French), mettre un terme (French), pēhipēhi (Maori), loahpahit (Northern Sami), loaktit (Northern Sami), покончить (pokončitʹ) (Russian), sätta stopp för (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "壓制"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "yāzhì",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "压制"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhìzhǐ",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "制止"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "鎮壓"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhènyā",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "镇压"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "slå ned på"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "puuttua"
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        {
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          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "lutter contre"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "faire cesser"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "mettre un terme"
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          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "pēhipēhi"
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          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "loahpahit"
        },
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          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "loaktit"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "pokončitʹ",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "покончить"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
          "word": "sätta stopp för"
        }
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly."
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "壓制"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yāzhì",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "压制"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhìzhǐ",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "制止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "鎮壓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhènyā",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "镇压"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "slå ned på"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "puuttua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "lutter contre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "faire cesser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "mettre un terme"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "pēhipēhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "loahpahit"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "loaktit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokončitʹ",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "покончить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to take measures to stop something",
      "word": "sätta stopp för"
    }
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  "word": "clamp down on"
}

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