WordNet
v. repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs" [syn: crack down]
Usage examples of "clamp down".
At first it was all she could to not to lash out, forcing her mind to clamp down on her glands.
When she put weight on one end, the rope would clamp down on the cable and hold itself in place.
As he tried to rise, the dog released the man's leg and went for the right wrist, the main appendage a K-9 patrol dog is trained to clamp down on, and began pulling in any direction possible, trying to keep the suspect off-balance until his human partner arrived.
Eye to eye, Dorothy felt her stomach ache, her neck muscles tense, and her jaw clamp down.
But then he'd known that when he ordered the police to seal off the beach and clamp down on any physical bravado as the drop gliders arrived.
I don't have figures on the rest of the country, but the suggestion to clamp down on the stories came from the eastern news services when the papers here put our first cases on the wire.
They hadn't been able to clamp down on things here and make them stay quiet.
Basically we think that they are planning to form some kind of international body to clamp down on crypto and particularly on digital money.
He struggled for a moment then managed to clamp down on his emotions, sufficient to lock gazes with Blistig and ask, 'Was that child's arrival set up between you and Keneb?