"clamp off" meaning in All languages combined

See clamp off on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: clamps off [present, singular, third-person], clamping off [participle, present], clamped off [participle, past], clamped off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clamp off (third-person singular simple present clamps off, present participle clamping off, simple past and past participle clamped off)
  1. To stop or restrict the flow of, with (or as if with) a clamp.

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: clamp down"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980 April 5, Mary Burns, “Aggrieved Surprise”, in Gay Community News, page 4:",
          "text": "Calls to unity are almost always issued when one party wants to clamp off debate.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To stop or restrict the flow of, with (or as if with) a clamp."
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          "stop",
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        ],
        [
          "restrict",
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          "flow"
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          "clamp",
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    },
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "clamped off",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clamped off",
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: clamp down"
        },
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          "ref": "1980 April 5, Mary Burns, “Aggrieved Surprise”, in Gay Community News, page 4:",
          "text": "Calls to unity are almost always issued when one party wants to clamp off debate.",
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        "To stop or restrict the flow of, with (or as if with) a clamp."
      ],
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        [
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          "restrict",
          "restrict"
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