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clamp down (on someone or something)

to become strict with someone; to become strict about something. Because Bob's grades were getting worse, his parents clamped down on him. The police have clamped down on speeders in this town.

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Summary: Thousands of gamers have been barred from playing Xbox Live by Microsoft in an attempt to clamp down on piracy. Microsoft clampdown on modified games consoles by Independent Television News Limited (ITN) This is the right policy to be followed for the TV industry as well and not clamp down on cable operators and make TV channels more expensive for the population. Television clampdown could be misguided! by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain) JOURNALIST and broadcaster Joan Bakewell has described the BBC's plans to clamp down on bad language as "far too sweeping a diktat". Bakewell backs the 'right to shock' by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			circulate among circulate through circulation circumstance Circumstances alter cases circus cite cite for city city slicker civil Civility costs nothing claim claim a life claim for claim to fame clam clam up clamber clamber onto clamber up clamor clamor against clamor for clamp clamp down clamp down on clamp on clap clap eyes on clap in some place clap on clap out clap together clapped-out clash clash against clash with clasp to class class with clatter around claw claw off claw way claw way to the top claw your way back from clay clean clean act up clean as a hound's tooth			clamoring clamoring clamorous clamorous clamorously clamorously clamorousness clamorousness clamors clamors clamors clamour clamour clamoured clamouring clamourous clamours Clamox Clamox Clamoxyl Clamoxyl clamp clamp clamp clamp clamp clamp clamp brick Clamp connection Clamp Coverer clamp down clamp down on clamp down on clamp forceps clamp forceps clamp forceps clamp holder clamp holder clamp holder clamp holder clamp holder Clamp Joint Clamp meter clamp nail Clamp nails clamp on clamp screw Clamp Terminal clamp-on Clamp-on ammeter clamp-screw sextant clampdown clampdowns clamped clamped clamped clamped clamped clamped down clamped down clamped down

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