"crack down" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kɹæk ˈdaʊn/ Audio: en-au-crack down.ogg Forms: cracks down [present, singular, third-person], cracking down [participle, present], cracked down [participle, past], cracked down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} crack down (third-person singular simple present cracks down, present participle cracking down, simple past and past participle cracked down)
  1. (idiomatic, often with 'on') To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before. Tags: idiomatic, often Derived forms: crackdown [noun] Translations (take harsh action against): 嚴厲打擊 (Chinese Mandarin), 严厉打击 (yánlì dǎjī) (Chinese Mandarin), iskeä (Finnish), hart durchgreifen (bei) (German), scharf vorgehen (gegen) (German), נקט אמצעים (nakát emtsaím) (Hebrew), דיכא (diké) (Hebrew), usare la mano pesante (Italian), dare un giro di vite (Italian), opporsi (Italian), подавля́ть (podavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подави́ть (podavítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), предпринима́ть (predprinimátʹ) (Russian), предприня́ть решительные меры (rešitelʹnyje) (alt: про́тив кого-л. / чего-л.) (Russian), suprimir (Spanish), poner mano dura contra (Spanish), sojuzgar (Spanish), reprimir (Spanish), doblegar (Spanish), oprimir (Spanish), acabar con (Spanish), ponerse duro con (Spanish), aplicar mano dura (Spanish), ajustar las riendas (Spanish), ponerse serio con (Spanish), castigar a (Spanish), ponerse más estricto (Spanish), combatir (Spanish), tomar medidas drásticas con (Spanish), imponer mano dura (Spanish), aplastar (Spanish), tillslag [neuter] (Swedish), trấn áp (Vietnamese), trừng trị (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic, often with 'on') To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before."
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
          "word": "嚴厲打擊"
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
          "word": "hart durchgreifen (bei)"
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
          "word": "scharf vorgehen (gegen)"
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          "code": "he",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "take harsh action against",
          "word": "usare la mano pesante"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "take harsh action against",
          "word": "dare un giro di vite"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
          "word": "opporsi"
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          "roman": "predprinimátʹ",
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "take harsh action against",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
          "word": "ajustar las riendas"
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
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          "sense": "take harsh action against",
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          "word": "tillslag"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "take harsh action against",
          "word": "trấn áp"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "take harsh action against",
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      "word": "嚴厲打擊"
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      "sense": "take harsh action against",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "take harsh action against",
      "word": "scharf vorgehen (gegen)"
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      "sense": "take harsh action against",
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      "sense": "take harsh action against",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for crack down meaning in English (6.3kB)

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