clamp down on

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]

Example Sentences

Spotify is the only defendant named in the suit, which focuses on the company's alleged unwillingness to clamp down on fraud.

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As the United States now reckons with its own powerful right-wing religious movement in government, one eager to clamp down on cultural dissent, “Tehrangeles Vice” has lessons for musicians in the wake of a backlash.

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The arrests come as police work to clamp down on the increasing number of "proxies" being recruited by foreign intelligence services, the force said.

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Clamp down on defense; Colts have surrendered at least 27 points in three of their last five.

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced the plans for the wider scheme last month as part of efforts to clamp down on illegal working.

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