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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Example Sentences

It said the bill would clamp down on what it calls "a covert filming epidemic" and wants the government to force social media platforms to remove such content and permanently ban repeat offenders.

From BBC

Kerry Fulford, a pharmaceutical analyst at Berenberg, told the BBC that this was the "first move Novo Nordisk is making to clamp down on compounding".

From BBC

The Danish company threatened legal action but the news sent its shares 7.9% lower Thursday in Copenhagen, before they rebounded 5.3% Friday after FDA Commissioner Marty Makary promised swift action to clamp down on illegal copy drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Buckley, who stood for the Greater Manchester mayoral elections as an independent, said he wants to clamp down on knife crime and anti-social behaviour.

From BBC

Oil had benefited from a geopolitical premium in recent weeks as investors monitored U.S. threats to target Iran after a recent clamp down on protesters.

From The Wall Street Journal

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