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Meanings of
clamp down
in English
Portuguese
restringir
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Repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
crack down
Portuguese
restringir
Usage of
clamp down
in English
1
But a unique project is helping
clamp
down
on the illicit industry.
2
Hands
clamp
down
on my right arm and pin it in place.
3
Liverpool are using private investigators in their
clamp
down
on ticket touts.
4
I had to
clamp
down
on myself to keep my voice casual.
5
The commissioner said technology could also be used to
clamp
down
on car-jackings.
6
That said, authorities are determined to
clamp
down
on criminal behaviour.
7
The source said this was an attempt to
clamp
down
on potential competitors.
8
Mexico wants greater efforts to
clamp
down
on the illicit trade.
9
That is despite Senegalese government efforts to
clamp
down
on them.
10
Of course, Microsoft could
clamp
down
on non-activated copies one day.
11
Off-licence hours may be slashed to
clamp
down
on house parties.
12
Wants G20 to reaffirm opposition to protectionism and
clamp
down
on tax havens.
13
Using denial-of-service to
clamp
down
opposition sounds a bit more plausible.
14
But they warn they will
clamp
down
on anyone attempting to disrupt events.
15
And today I
clamp
down
on some attempted theft at Starbucks.
16
It accused US forces there of failing to
clamp
down
on Kurdish rebels.
Other examples for "clamp down"
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This collocation consists of:
clamp
down
clamp
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
clamp down
Portuguese
restringir
Clamp down
through the time
Clamp down
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Common
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Common
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Common
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