clamp down

verb

1. to behave repressively; attempt to repress something regarded as undesirable

noun

1. a sudden restrictive measure

Example Sentences

The Met Police says it is "clamping down" on courier fraud and an operation running since February 2025 has seen a 46% decrease in reported offences.

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It will start selling in new places such as Amazon.com and clamp down on bulk resellers.

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Then, the initial rollout of worldwide tariffs in April quickly clamped down on trade, causing the biggest one-month drop in goods imports on record.

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Mr Bevan also said more needed to be done to clamp down on misuse of the bikes.

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But in recent years she was accused of turning autocratic and clamping down on any opposition to her rule.

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Related Words

• curb 
• muzzle 
• repress 
• silence 
• smother 
• squelch 
• strangle 
• suffocate 
• suppress