Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clamp down on

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: clam-p -down on
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The government aims to clamp down on underage drinking."
"American referee Mike Geiger's failure to clamp down on early misdemeanours led to him losing control of a game that Colombia seemed determined to turn into a battle."
"A few chilling examples of what GPT-4 can do — or, more accurately, what it did do, before OpenAI clamped down on it — can be found in a document released by OpenAI this week."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

clamps down on (present, singular) clamping down on (participle, present) clamped down on (participle, past) clamped down on (past)

Derived Forms

clampdown

Phrases

clamp off

Frequently Paired Words

clamp off crack down put a damper on

Questions

What does clamp down on mean?: To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly.

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