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clamp down on

Idioms  

  1. Also, put the clamps on. Become stricter or more repressive; put a stop to. For example, The company was clamping down on expenses like business lunches, or It's time we put the clamps on polluters. [Mid-1900s]

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The DfT says the changes it is planning to introduce next spring will help clamp down on abuse of the system.

From BBC

He added: "We are tightening the law to clamp down on illegal working in the delivery sector to root out this criminality from our communities."

From BBC

So, why are some cities determined to clamp down on them - and are they right to do so?

From BBC

The national-security regulations, which were expanded last year, feature broad provisions against subversion and foreign collusion that have been used to clamp down on popular expressions of dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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