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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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But for the KWS the real problem is more immediate - how to monitor and clamp down on "under-reported" insect trafficking, with the agency suggesting better surveillance equipment at airports and others border points would be a good start.

From BBC

The new act is designed to clamp down on supporters without tickets closely following legitimate ticket-holders through turnstiles.

From BBC

Last spring, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said there was “no evidence” the company’s advanced artificial-intelligence chips were being diverted to China, amid U.S. efforts to clamp down on chip sales to that country over national-security concerns.

From MarketWatch

The new act is designed to clamp down on 'tailgating' - where supporters without tickets make their way through turnstiles by staying close behind legitimate ticket-holders.

From BBC

The prime minister added that he was "absolutely determined to clamp down on anybody who might think of ripping others off".

From BBC

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